Taxon:  Dichondra micrantha Urb.



Summary
Genus:
Dichondra
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Dichondreae
Nomen number:
311583
Place of publication:
Symb. antill. 9:243.  1924
Verified:
06/11/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Invalid Designation(s)
Dichondra repens auct. mult.
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
  3. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
  4. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  5. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
  6. Austin, D. F. 1998. The indiscriminate vector: human distribution of Dlchondra micrantha (Convolvulaceae). Econ. Bot. 52:88-106.
  7. Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
  8. CalFlora Database Project. CalFlora: a botanical resource for California on the internet (on-line resource).
  9. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
  10. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
  11. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  12. Figueiredo, E. & G. F. Smith. 2008. Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  13. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  14. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  15. Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
  16. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  17. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
  18. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  19. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba Note: = Dichondra repens J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.
  20. Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975-1979. Flora of Taiwan.
  21. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  22. Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). Note: = Dichondra repens J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.
  23. Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
  24. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
  25. Tharp, B. C. & M. C. Johnson. 1961. Recharacterization of Dichondra (Convolvulaceae) and a revision of the North American species. Brittonia 13:350-351.
  26. Turner, B. L. et al. 2003. Atlas of the vascular plants of Texas. Sida Botanical Miscellany no. 24
  27. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  28. Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
  29. Weakley, A. S. 2011. Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states.
  30. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  31. Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
  32. International Seed Testing Association wild species list
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAsian pony's-foot  1Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
Englishdichondra  1Austin, D. F. 1998. The indiscriminate vector: human distribution of Dlchondra micrantha (Convolvulaceae). Econ. Bot. 52:88-106.
Englishfalse pennywort  1Austin, D. F. 1998. The indiscriminate vector: human distribution of Dlchondra micrantha (Convolvulaceae). Econ. Bot. 52:88-106.
Englishgalenga-grass  1Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
Englishkidneyweed  1Austin, D. F. 1998. The indiscriminate vector: human distribution of Dlchondra micrantha (Convolvulaceae). Econ. Bot. 52:88-106.
Englishlawnleaf  1Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
EnglishMercury Bay-weed  1Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
Japanese Rōmajiaoi-goke  2Austin, D. F. 1998. The indiscriminate vector: human distribution of Dlchondra micrantha (Convolvulaceae). Econ. Bot. 52:88-106.
Portuguesegrama-japonesa  2Austin, D. F. 1998. The indiscriminate vector: human distribution of Dlchondra micrantha (Convolvulaceae). Econ. Bot. 52:88-106.
Spanishalfombra  2Austin, D. F. 1998. The indiscriminate vector: human distribution of Dlchondra micrantha (Convolvulaceae). Econ. Bot. 52:88-106.
Swedishnjurvinda  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesema tí jin  2Austin, D. F. 1998. The indiscriminate vector: human distribution of Dlchondra micrantha (Convolvulaceae). Econ. Bot. 52:88-106.
Transcribed Chinesexiao jin qián  2Austin, D. F. 1998. The indiscriminate vector: human distribution of Dlchondra micrantha (Convolvulaceae). Econ. Bot. 52:88-106.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoNuevo León Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMichoacán de Ocampo Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQuerétaro Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and BarbudaAntigua Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHispaniola  Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanNetherlands AntillesSaba Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesVirgin Islands, U.S. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
2Cultivated    also cult. 
3AdventiveAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanarias Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  Figueiredo, E. & G. F. Smith. 2008. Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
4NaturalizedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMauritania  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Austin, D. F. 1998. The indiscriminate vector: human distribution of Dlchondra micrantha (Convolvulaceae). Econ. Bot. 52:88-106.
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanComoros  Austin, D. F. 1998. The indiscriminate vector: human distribution of Dlchondra micrantha (Convolvulaceae). Econ. Bot. 52:88-106.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea, South  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand n.Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas Turner, B. L. et al. 2003. Atlas of the vascular plants of Texas. Sida Botanical Miscellany no. 24
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia Weakley, A. S. 2011. Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornian.-c. & s.w.Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  Tharp, B. C. & M. C. Johnson. 1961. Recharacterization of Dichondra (Convolvulaceae) and a revision of the North American species. Brittonia 13:350-351.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChileJuan Fernández Islands Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
6Other    exact native range in Americas obscure 
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Nuevo León]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Michoacán de Ocampo, Querétaro]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Netherlands Antilles [Saba], Antigua and Barbuda [Antigua], Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Adventive
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Mali, Mauritania
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
  • CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Korea, South, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand (n.)
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida, Georgia]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California (n.-c. & s.w.)]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: New Caledonia
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile [Juan Fernández Islands]
Other (exact native range in Americas obscure)

Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
  2. Austin, D. F. 1998. The indiscriminate vector: human distribution of Dlchondra micrantha (Convolvulaceae). Econ. Bot. 52:88-106.
  3. Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
  4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  5. Figueiredo, E. & G. F. Smith. 2008. Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  6. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  7. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  8. Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
  9. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  10. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
  11. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  12. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  13. Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
  14. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
  15. Tharp, B. C. & M. C. Johnson. 1961. Recharacterization of Dichondra (Convolvulaceae) and a revision of the North American species. Brittonia 13:350-351.
  16. Turner, B. L. et al. 2003. Atlas of the vascular plants of Texas. Sida Botanical Miscellany no. 24
  17. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  18. Weakley, A. S. 2011. Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states.
  19. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
  20. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  21. Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentallawn/turf Austin, D. F. 1998. The indiscriminate vector: human distribution of Dlchondra micrantha (Convolvulaceae). Econ. Bot. 52:88-106.
Environmentallawn/turflawn grass substituteHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Medicinesfolklore Austin, D. F. 1998. The indiscriminate vector: human distribution of Dlchondra micrantha (Convolvulaceae). Econ. Bot. 52:88-106.
Medicinesfolklore Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsas Dichondra repensLampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: as Dichondra repens
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311583. Accessed 9 November 2026.