Dichondra repens Forst. & Forst.   Convolvulaceae (Morning-Glory Family)   Tropical regions-New Zealand, etc.   Dichondra

                                       June Photo

Plant Characteristics:  Stems creeping, forming mats; lvs. 1-2 cm. broad, suborbicular or somewhat reniform, deeply cordate, the sinus rather narrow, not decurrent on the petiole, strigose on the petiole and lower surface, only thinly so or glabrate on the upper surface; calyx-lobes oblong-obovate to broadly spatulate, 1.5-2 mm. long, silky-pubescent; corolla-lobes about equaling the calyx, ovate, acutish; capsule-lobes subglobose, 1.5-2 mm. long, thinly pilose.

Habitat:  Cultivated as a lawn or ground cover and sometimes growing spontaneously in the Pacific States.  March-June.

Name:  Greek, di, two and chondra, a grain, from the fr.  (Munz, Flora So. Calif. 378).  Latin, repens, creeping.  (Jaeger 219).

General:  Rare in the study area having been found only once and this near the freshwater ditch at 23rd St.  (my comment).      Abrams lists this species under Family Dichondraceae, the Dichondra Family.  (Abrams Vol. III, p. 380).      Several spp. of warmer regions, some grown as ground covers.  (Munz, Flora So. Calif. 378).

Text Ref:  Abrams, Vol. III  380.  Munz, Flora So. Calif. 379.

Photo Ref:  June 1 86 # 2.

Identity: by John Johnson.

Computer Ref:  Plant Data 313.

Have plant specimen.

Last edit 12/14/02.