Family: Convolvulaceae
Plant: A mat-forming herb with creeping stems up to 1cm high.
Flowers: Greenish-yellow to white, 5-lobed bell shaped, 5mm diameter and solitary.
Flowering: September-December.
Fruit: A 2-lobed capsule
Leaves: Kidney-shaped to oblong-circular, up to 2.5cm across with entire margins. The leaves have fine hairs on both sides and are borne on stalks up to 5cm long.
Habitat: Mainly in shady locations in both wet- and dry-sclerophyll forest
Features: Kidney-shaped leaves. A mat-forming plant.
Name:
Dichondra From Greek = 2-grained (referring to its fruit)
repens From Latin = creeping (referring to its growth habit)
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Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow, White, Green |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Green, Brown |
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Other Features |
Ribbed |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
- |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Round, Heart-shaped |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked, Stem near |
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centre of leaf |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Wet sclerophyll forest, Dry sclerophyll forest |
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