Dichondra brachypoda |
Dichondra argentea |
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New Mexico pony's-foot |
silver pony's-foot |
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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 |
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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 |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico
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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 | ||
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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