was pulling weeds this afternoon, and one patch of ground was covered with this plant I don’t recall seeing before. At first I thought they were all tons of little, single-leaf plants, but as I dug in a little more I found that they were all connected just below the soil surface via a network of rhizome-like white “tendrils” which resembled long, thin bean sprouts. it almost looked like an aquatic plant. also at various points along the white rhizome-like things were small white. bulbs or tuber-like features about the size of a small pea.
here’s a picture of the leaves:
the leaves are about 3/4" wide, 2" long, and all of those you see are poking up individually from the soil. They’re slightly succulent with little visible structure, but with a thickness about 0.5mm or a bit thinner.
here’s one of a pulled leaf:
at first I thought it might be a kind of purslane, which is everywhere, but figured it wasn’t after I started raking and pulling up all of the tangled white threads.
Thanks!