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| Distribution | Statewide, and likely occurs in all counties.
Native of tropical America; in N.A. occurs over most of the region. | |
| Abundance | Common to very common statewide, slightly less numerous in the western Piedmont and Mountains. | |
| Habitat | Fields, lawns, roadsides, driveways, drawdown zones of ponds, creeks, and rivers. | |
| Phenology | Flowers and fruits May-December. | |
| Identification | This is a prostrate species, spreading from a single point (root), but not rooting at the nodes. It small leaves are linear and appear whorled along the stems. The flowers are small and consist of 5 green sepals that have white margins, and 5 staminodes that are white and appear as "petals", which are lacking. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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| USACE-agcp | FAC link |
| USACE-emp | FAC link |
