Dichondra micrantha
Family: Convolvulaceae
Plant Description: Perennials growing prostrate, rooting at the nodes. Leaves alternate, blades kidney shaped or roundish about 2 cm wide and long. Much resembling D. carolinensis but generally with smaller leaves. Flowers radial, funnel shaped, greenish, up sto7.5 mm long. Because the pedicels are curved the flowers are usually hidden on eh low surface of the plants. Corolla about 2 mm long, greenish white.
Plant Trivia:
Field Identification: Attractive low growing matt of kidney shaped, shiny leaves.
Occurrence: Common in prairies, pastures, woods, and wase places about towns.
Bloom Period: Spring
Plant Use: Form and attractive ground cover
Key to species of Dichondra:
- Pedicels partly or all recurved……………………………………………………………………2
Pedicels not recurved…………………………………………………………..D. carolinensis
2. Fruiting calyx less than 2.5 mm long……………………………………D. micrantha
Fruiting calyx more than 2.5 mm long…………………………..D. recurvata
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