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Identify tiny ground cover plant

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Posted 4 years 9 months ago #51011
Years ago I moved my ficus to a new pot and new soil. The new soil was just a standard bonsai soil I purchased somewhere, don't remember the name, but after a time a tiny little plant began to grow up around the base of my bonsai. It has remained ever since through numerous soil updates. It produces tiny flowers you almost don't notice an lots of little seeds that have helped it carry over to each re-potting.

The thing is I have never been able to identify the little plant which is quite beautiful with nice cascading branches. I am attaching a picture which has a penny in the picture for size reference. The plant never gets any taller than what you see but the branches do grow longer before blooming. It never really seems to die back but older branches do sometimes shrivel up to a thread and I remove them.

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Posted 4 years 9 months ago #51012
Hey :)
Looks like Chickweed (Stellaria).
Seeds could be alive for 20+ years, the plant have medical properties and theoretically indestructible.

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Posted 4 years 9 months ago #51017
Thanks for your reply. I posted on another forum see here and someone over there nailed it. It is Pilea microphylla aka Artillery Fern.
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Posted 4 years 9 months ago #51021
Aw, sure thing :) They could be similar in appearance, tho I missed Pilea even I already dealt with it on the garden. Thicker leaves and smaller, less white flowers..
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