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New Mexico pony's-foot

silver pony's-foot

Stems

sericeous.

silvery-sericeous.

Leaves

petiole 15–150 mm;

blade suborbiculate to reniform, 8–40 × 10–55 mm, surfaces: abaxial moderately sericeous, adaxial sparsely sericeous to glabrate.

petiole 10–50 mm;

blade reniform, 5–13 × 12–20 mm, surfaces: abaxial and adaxial densely sericeous, hairs silvery gray.

Pedicels

5–13(–26) mm, recurved near tips.

4–6 mm, recurved near bases.

Flowers

sepals 2.5–4 mm at anthesis, 3.8–5.2 mm in fruit;

corolla cream, 3.5–5 mm.

sepals 2–2.6 mm at anthesis, to 2.4–3 mm in fruit;

corolla cream, 3.4–4 mm.

Fruits

slightly notched to weakly 2-lobed, 6–7 × 3–5 mm.

slightly notched to weakly 2-lobed, 2.2–2.8 × 2–2.1 mm.

Dichondra brachypoda

Dichondra argentea

Phenology Flowering Jun–Nov. Flowering Apr–Nov.
Habitat Oak woodland, lower ponderosa pine zones. Desert scrub, oak woodlands.
Elevation 700–1900 m. (2300–6200 ft.) 1000–2500 m. (3300–8200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico
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from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; South America
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Source FNA vol. 14. FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Convolvulaceae > Dichondra Convolvulaceae > Dichondra
Sibling taxa
D. argentea, D. carolinensis, D. donelliana, D. micrantha, D. occidentalis, D. recurvata, D. sericea
D. brachypoda, D. carolinensis, D. donelliana, D. micrantha, D. occidentalis, D. recurvata, D. sericea
Name authority Wooton & Standley: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 160. (1913) Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow: Hort. Berol. 2: 81, plate 81. (1806)
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