Dichondra repens J.R. & G. Frost
Dichomdra J.R. & G.Forst
Convolvulaceae
Kingdom: plant
subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
56 genera and 1600 species
Distribution
Tropical and subtropical parts of the world.
Habit
Stem pubescent, trailing, slender, rooting from nodes
Leaves
alternate, petiolate, exstipulate, leaf-blade reniform, margin entire with round or emerginate apex
Inflorescences
Usually axillary or terminal, simple compound cymes. Bracts narrow, linear, lanceolate or subulate.
Flowers
Perennial, herbaceous plants
Sepals 5 free or slightly connate at the base; pilose outside and glabrous inside, sub-equal, oblong-spathulate
Corolla deeply 5-fid, lobes sub-acute, greenish-yellow, campanulate, glabrous
Stamens S, included; filaments filiform, glabrous, shorter than lobes; anthers oblong, 2-celled, obtuse
Ovary 2-lobed, hairy above
styles 2, short, filiform, gynobasic, attached to the inner side of the ovary lobes, glabrous; stigmas globular
Capsules 2-lobed (not seen), lobes sub-globose, indehiscent, 1-seeded. Seeds ovate to sub-globose, smooth
Saudi Arabia: Asir
