Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Dichondra sp. Inglewood
Common name
Silky Kidney-weed
Family
Convolvulaceae
Where found
Woodland, often on alluvial flats; north from Kiandra and Deniliquin.
Notes
Perennial herb with creeping stems, rooting at the nodes. Leaves single or in clusters at the nodes, mostly 0.5–2 cm long, and slightly broader, more or less kidney-shaped, upper surface sparsely to moderately hairy, lower surface silky. Flowers pale greenish-yellow, 2–2.5 mm long, tubular, the tube to about 1 mm long, with 5 lobes. Flowers single. Flowers mainly spring and summer. Flower stalks 1-5 mm long. Seed cases longer than the calyx.
Was Dichondra sp. A sensu Harden (1992)
Dichondra sp. 1 in VICFLORA.
Full name Dichondra sp. Inglewood (J.M.Dalby 86/93) Qld Herbarium
PlantNET description : http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dichondra~sp.+Inglewood+(J.M.Dalby+86/93) (accessed 26 April 2021)
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