Family: Molluginaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Capable of growing in tropical climates
  
• Naturalized on Hawaii, Lanai, and Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, and elsewhere
  
• Garden and disturbance weed
  
• Agricultural and crop weed
  
• Other Mollugo species are invasive weeds
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• An annual herb, capable of reaching reproductive maturity in <1 year
  
• Unassisted seed dispersal, although small size may enable seeds to spread through a number of vectors

Low Risk Traits:

• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Provides fodder for livestock
  
• Edible to humans
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively