Dichondra sp. Inglewood (J.M.Dalby 86/93) Qld Herbarium. APNI* Synonyms: Dichondra sp. A sensu Harden (1992) APNI*
Description: Perennial herb with creeping stems, rooting at nodes.
Leaves with lamina reniform, 5–20 mm long and slightly broader, apex rounded to emarginate, base cordate, upper surface sparsely to moderately pilose, lower surface silky; petiole much longer than lamina.
Flowers solitary; pedicel 1–10 (–15) mm long, recurved in fruit. Calyx lobes oblong, 1.5–2 mm long. Corolla usually longer than the calyx with a short tube and longer oblong to oblong-ovate lobes, pale greenish yellow.
Capsules deeply 2-lobed; lobes ± free, pilose, opening irregularly, longer than the calyx.
Flowering: spring–summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in woodland, often on alluvial flats; north from Kiandra and Deniliquin.
NSW subdivisions: CC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic.
Leaf indumentum density and pedicel length appear more variable in NSW material than in Queensland specimens held at NSW. This variabilty appears similar to that noted on VICFLORA [as Dichondra sp. 1 sensu Fl. Victoria 4:266 (1999)], although no Victorian collections are held at NSW for comparison. The limits of this species requires further study, but most of the NSW collections seen by me appear to be the same entity as the collection J.M.Dalby 86/93. K.L.Gibbons, Nov. 2019.
Text by R. W. Johnson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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