Asian Pony's Foot

The whole plant is used for treating diarrhea.

Herbs perennial. Stems prostrate, freely branching, sparsely pubescent, rooting at nodes. Petiole 2-3.5 cm; leaf blade reniform to nearly circular, 0.8-1.5(-2.5) cm in diam., abaxially sparsely appressed pilose, adaxially glabrous. Pedicel erect, shorter than petiole, sharply recurved apically. Calyx broadly campanulate; lobes obovate-oblong to spatulate, 1.5-2 mm, becoming enlarged to 2.5 mm, margin densely pubescent. Corolla yellow, ca. 2 mm, 5-lobed to middle, glabrous. Stamens equal. Ovary pilose. Styles free, slightly unequal. Capsule subglobose, 2-2.6 mm, membranous, sparsely pubescent. Seeds yellow to brown, glabrous. 2n = 24*, 30.

Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, ?Qinghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan including Ryukyu Islands, S Korea, Thailand; North America, Pacific Islands, South America]

Grasslands on mountain slopes, roadsides; 1300-2000 m.

Dichondra repens var. micrantha (Urban) Lu.

micrantha: small-flowered

Prostrate herb, with slender stems rooting at the nodes. Leaves: petiole 8-70 mm; lamina 6-29 × 7-36 mm, reniform to circular, glabrescent above, appressed-hairy beneath; base cordate; apex broadly rounded to emarginate. Flowers on 2-19 mm peduncles. Calyx up to 3 mm, silky outside. Corolla ± as long as calyx, white or greenish. Capsule lobes pilose. Seeds brown.

Frequent

Widespread in tropical and subtropical regions.