Dichondra micrantha
Family: Convolvulaceae
Plant Description: Prostrate growing perennial, rooting at the nodes. Leaves alternate, blades kidney-shaped or roundish about 2 cm wide and long. Resembles D. carolinensis but generally with smaller leaves. Flowers radial, funnel-shaped, greenish, up to 7.5 mm long. Because the pedicels are curved, the flowers are usually hidden on the lower 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 waste places in towns.
Bloom Period: Spring
Plant Use: Forms an 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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