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Dichondra argentea

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Dichondra argentea
Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls' cultivar at Chanticleer Garden, Pennsylvania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Dichondra
Species:
D. argentea
Binomial name
Dichondra argentea
Synonyms[1]

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

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  1. ^ a b "Dichondra argentea Willd". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls'". Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls' silver nickel vine 'Silver Falls'". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022. Synonyms; Dichondra micrantha 'Silver Falls'