Biology:Dichondra argentea
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Short description: Species of plant in the family Convolvulaceae
| Dichondra argentea | |
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| Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls' cultivar at Chanticleer Garden, Pennsylvania | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Dichondra |
| Species: | D. argentea
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichondra argentea | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Dichondra evolvulacea var. argentea (Willd.) Kuntze | |
Dichondra argentea, the silver ponysfoot or silver nickel vine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae.[2] It is disjunctly distributed in New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, northwest Argentina, and southeast Brazil, and has gone extinct in Arizona.[1] A creeping perennial reaching 4 in (10 cm) high but growing 4 to 6 ft (1 to 2 m) long, and hardy in USDA zones 10 through 12, in cultivation it is grown as annual, chiefly as a hanging accent plant or ground cover.[2] There is a cultivar, 'Silver Falls'.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dichondra argentea Willd." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/267747-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls'". Missouri Botanical Garden. 2022. https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=259475.
- ↑ "Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls' silver nickel vine 'Silver Falls'". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/219360/i-dichondra-argentea-i-silver-falls/details. "Synonyms; Dichondra micrantha 'Silver Falls'"
Wikidata ☰ Q5805594 entry
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