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New Mexico pony's-foot

oakwoods ponysfoot

Stems

sericeous.

densely sericeous, hairs tawny.

Leaves

petiole 15–150 mm;

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

petiole 20–170 mm;

blade orbiculate-reniform, (10–)20–30(–51) × (15–)30–40(–62) mm, surfaces: abaxial densely sericeous, adaxial sparsely sericeous.

Pedicels

5–13(–26) mm, recurved near tips.

5–13 mm, recurved near tips.

Flowers

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

corolla cream, 3.5–5 mm.

sepals 2.5–3.2 mm at anthesis, 2.9–3.8 mm in fruit;

corolla pale green, 3.1–4 mm.

Fruits

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

notably 2-lobed, 3–4 × 2.8–3.3 mm, lobes separating, pericarp fragile, shattering irregularly.

Dichondra brachypoda

Dichondra recurvata

Phenology Flowering Jun–Nov. Flowering Feb–Jul.
Habitat Oak woodland, lower ponderosa pine zones. Disturbed sites, gravelly oak woodlands, lakeshores.
Elevation 700–1900 m. (2300–6200 ft.) 50–500(–700) m. (200–1600(–2300) ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico
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TX
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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. argentea, D. brachypoda, D. carolinensis, D. donelliana, D. micrantha, D. occidentalis, D. sericea
Name authority Wooton & Standley: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 160. (1913) Tharp & M. C. Johnston: Brittonia 13: 351. (1961)
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