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silverleaf ponysfoot

western dichondra, western dichondria, western ponysfoot

Stems

sparsely to densely sericeous.

sparsely pilose.

Leaves

petiole 5–35 mm;

blade suborbiculate, 8–20 × 7–19 mm, surfaces: abaxial densely sericeous, hairs silvery gray, adaxial sparsely sericeous to glabrate, hairs green.

petiole 12–100 mm;

blade orbiculate to reniform, 8–27 × 15–42 mm, surfaces glabrate.

Pedicels

5–35 mm, straight to curved or nodding, not notably recurved near tips.

5–31 mm, recurved near tip.

Flowers

sepals 1.5(–2.5) mm at anthesis, to 3.3 mm in fruit;

corolla yellow-green, 1.5(–2) mm.

sepals 1.5–2 mm at anthesis, to 2–2.3 mm in fruit;

corolla purplish to reddish, 3–3.5 mm.

Fruits

notably 2-lobed, 2–3.5 × 1.8–2.5 mm, lobes separating, each valvately dehiscent.

slightly notched to weakly 2-lobed, 4.5–5 × 2.1–2.6 mm.

Dichondra sericea

Dichondra occidentalis

Phenology Flowering: Mar–Dec [year-round]. Flowering Jan.
Habitat Disturbed sites, oak woodlands, sandy soils. Slopes, headlands, under shrubs.
Elevation 500–1300 m. (1600–4300 ft.) 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies
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from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source FNA vol. 14. FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Convolvulaceae > Dichondra Convolvulaceae > Dichondra
Sibling taxa
D. argentea, D. brachypoda, D. carolinensis, D. donelliana, D. micrantha, D. occidentalis, D. recurvata
D. argentea, D. brachypoda, D. carolinensis, D. donelliana, D. micrantha, D. recurvata, D. sericea
Synonyms D. repens var. sericea
Name authority Swartz: Prodr., 54. (1788) House: Muhlenbergia 1: 130. (1906)
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