Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2656)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2569)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2165)
Order: Caryophyllales (112)
Family: Molluginaceae (3)(family description)
Genus: Mollugo (2)
Epithet: verticillata L. (6)
Synonym: Mollugo spergulaefolia Willd. ex Fenzl
spergulaefolia => leaves resembling those of Spergula
verticillata => whorled, three or more leaves springing from the same point