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Dichondra carolinensis
Carolina Ponysfoot
Synonym(s): Dichondra repens Delgado 2019
Florida native
This small trailing plant can be found in moist hammocks, floodplain forests and disturbed sites in much of Florida although less widespread in the south peninsula. The range extends through the southeastern states and west into Texas and Oklahoma, northwest into Missouri and Illinois and North into Ohio and Pennsylvania. Also native to Bermuda.
This is a small, low-growing plant that sprawls along the ground. Ponysfoot corollas are deeply five-lobed with the lobes longer than the tubes. The corolla and calyx are nearly the same length or the calyx exceeding the corolla. On this species the calyx length is at least two times the width and exceeds the length of the fruit. The pedicels are nearly straight. Fruit is two-lobed.
Dichondra carolinensis is a member of the Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family.
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
iNaturalist profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Jan 25, 2024
