Dichondra micrantha Urb.

Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (9)

Photo: Bart Wursten
Hysteria Lane, Area 3, Lilongwe

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms:	Dichondra repens J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. var. repens
Common names:	Kidneyweed (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Introduced
Description:	Prostrate herb, with slender stems rooting at the nodes. Leaves: petiole 8-70 mm; lamina 6-29 × 7-36 mm, reniform to circular, glabrescent above, appressed-hairy beneath; base cordate; apex broadly rounded to emarginate. Flowers on 2-19 mm peduncles. Calyx up to 3 mm, silky outside. Corolla ± as long as calyx, white or greenish. Capsule lobes pilose. Seeds brown.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	micrantha: small-flowered
Habitat:	Weed in lawns, preferring shady, damp places.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:	Nov - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical and subtropical regions.
Malawi distribution:	N
Growth form(s):	Climber, perennial.
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Wednesday 4 September 2024
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 131. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20. Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 10 - 11. As Dichondra repens repens (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 36. Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 93. as Dichondra repens (Includes a picture).

Other sources of information about Dichondra micrantha:

Our websites:

Flora of Burundi: Dichondra micrantha
Flora of Mozambique: Dichondra micrantha
Flora of Zimbabwe: Dichondra micrantha
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Dichondra micrantha

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Dichondra micrantha
African Plant Database: Dichondra micrantha
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Dichondra micrantha
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dichondra micrantha
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Dichondra micrantha
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Dichondra micrantha
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dichondra micrantha
JSTOR Plant Science: Dichondra micrantha
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dichondra micrantha
Plants of the World Online: Dichondra micrantha
Tropicos: Dichondra micrantha
Wikipedia: Dichondra micrantha