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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Nightshades, Bindweeds, Gooseweeds, and Allies
  6. Morning-glory Family
  7. Dichondreae
  8. Ponysfoots

genus

Ponysfoots

Dichondra

Traits
Includes
5 native 2 introduced 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Carolina Ponysfoot native
  • Kidney Weed introduced
  • Asian Ponysfoot present
  • Silver Ponysfoot native
  • Western Ponysfoot native
  • Silverleaf Ponysfoot present
  • California Ponysfoot native
  • New Mexico Ponysfoot
  • Oakwoods Ponysfoot native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native ponysfoots All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Carolina Ponysfoot Dichondra carolinensis
  • Silver Ponysfoot Dichondra argentea
  • Western Ponysfoot Dichondra occidentalis
  • California Ponysfoot Dichondra donelliana
  • Oakwoods Ponysfoot Dichondra recurvata

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