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Carolina ponysfoot
Carolina ponysfoot
Dichondra carolinensis
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Tiny
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Open woodland
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Runners
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Uncommon

About

This creeping herb blankets damp soil across the southeastern United States. Its kidney-shaped leaves rotate to track sunlight while the stems root at every node they touch.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Convolvulaceae
Genus
Dichondra
Species
Dichondra carolinensis