Mollugo verticillata L.

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Caryophyllales (114)

        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

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

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