Dichondra carolinensis Michx.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Convolvulaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Dichondra carolinensis Michx.

  • Description

    Species Description - Somewhat pubescent, or glabrous; stems almost filiform, rooting at the nodes, 1.5-6 dm. long. Leaves orbicular to reniform, deeply cordate, 6-30 mm. in diameter, palmately veined, the petiole often much longer than the blade; flowers 2-4 mm. broad; peduncles filiform; sepals obtuse, spatulate or obovate, villous; corolla yellow to white, shorter than the sepals, its lobes ovate to oblong; capsule 3 mm. high or less.

  • Distribution

    Waste places and cultivated soils, Great Bahama. New Providence, Eleuthera, Great Exuma and Crooked Island : Bermuda ; Virginia to Florida and Texas. Referred by previous authors to Dichondra repens Forst. Carolina Dichondra. Sheep-grass.

    Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| Texas United States of America North America|