English: Kidney weed; Dichondra; Ponyfoot.
Name: from the Greek dis, meaning two, and chondros, meaning grain; refers to the fruits.
Clades:
Convolvulaceae;
Rubiales,
Lamiidae,
Asteranae,
Angiospermae,
PlantsRegion: Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, South Africa; naturalised in California, China.
Habitat: forest, woodland, grassland; lawns; clay or clay-based soils; medium to high in nutrients; flat places.
Ecology: Anas superciliosa eats the seeds.
Use: ornamental, lawn substitute, ground cover in gardens.
BotanyHerb; small; prostrate; perennial; creeping.
Roots: forming at the nodes.
Leaves: green to grey; kidney-shaped to circular; 0.5 to 2.5 cm long; base is heart-shaped, cordate; apex emarginated or rounded; covered in fine hair.
Flowers: tiny, 2 to 3 mm diameter; yellowish-green; flowering year round, profusely from September to February.
Fruit: hairy, two-lobed capsule.