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Species of plant in the family Convolvulaceae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Dichondra argentea | |
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Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls' cultivar at Chanticleer Garden, Pennsylvania | |
Scientific 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 |
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