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Taxonomy
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Magnoliophyta
Class Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order Caryophyllales
Family Molluginaceae
Genus Mollugo L. – carpet-weed, carpetweed
Species Mollugo flavescens Andersson
Subspecies Mollugo flavescens ssp. gracillima (Andersson) Eliasson
STATUS: LEAST CONCERN
It is a low- growing; up to 40 cm tall in one year, leaves are in spirals, simple. Linear, with broad ends; it flowers 3 to 4 per cluster without corolla. Native to the Galapagos, it is an endemic plant that looks like a weed ; it grows on the lava fields .There are five species and 4 subspecies in the Galapagos. It grows during the dry season on the rain forest. Mollugo flavescens belongs to the carpet-weeds’ family, species: herb .They produces a capsule fruit that is a dry that splits open, numerous seeds, dark reddish brown, or black ; the fruits are shiny with multiple small bumps.
References
Flora. Galapagos Plants | Galapagos Flora – Galapagos Islands Plants & Flora. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2023, from https://www.wildfoottravel.com/galapagos/information/wildlife-plants/flora
Integrated Taxonomic Information System - search results. ITIS Standard Report - Error. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2023, from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt#null
Galapagos Species Checklist. Charles Darwin Foundation. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2023, from https://www.darwinfoundation.org/en/datazone/checklist?species=609
Mollugo flavescens Anderss. EOL. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2023, from https://eol.org/pages/486750
Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Report. ITIS. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2023, from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt;jsessionid=E739C27C0CC1F31003C10839D07E4737?search_topic=TSN&search_value=897410#null
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