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Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls' cultivar at Chanticleer Garden, Pennsylvania
Scientific classification
Genus:
Dichondra
Species:
argentea
Synonyms

Dichondra evolvulacea var. argentea (Willd.) Kuntze

Dichondra argentea, the silver ponysfoot or silver nickel vine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae. It is disjunctly distributed in New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, northwest Argentina, and southeast Brazil, and has gone extinct in Arizona. A creeping perennial reaching 4 in (10 cm) high but growing 4 to 6 ft (1 to 2 m) long, and hardy in USDA zones 10 through 12, in cultivation it is grown as annual, chiefly as a hanging accent plant or ground cover. There is a cultivar, 'Silver Falls'.

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