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Dichondra donelliana

California ponysfoot
Habit Plants pubescent with yellowish, appressed hairs.
Stems

rooting at nodes.
Leaves

(5)10–15(22) × (8)15–25(38) mm;

tips rounded to emarginate; long-petiolate.
Inflorescences

pedicels erect, sharply recurved distally.
Flowers

sepals 2–3 mm at anthesis, 2.5–3.7 mm in fruit;

corollas campanulate, 2–3 mm, white to greenish white;

lobes broadly lanceolate;

tips acute.
Fruits

deeply 2-lobed, separating into 2 nutlets or utricles, dark brown at maturity.

Dichondra donelliana
Distribution
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Discussion

Open places near the ocean. Flowering Mar–Jun. 0–400 m. Est. CA. Native.
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 593
Katie Mitchell
Synonyms Dichondra occidentalis
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