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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Anthony Darby on October 04, 2013, 09:42:49 AM

Title: Two unknown weeds.
Post by: Anthony Darby on October 04, 2013, 09:42:49 AM: Here are two tiny leaved, creeping weeds from my garden. No idea what they are. The leaves are about finger nail size.
Title: Re: Two unknown weeds.
Post by: johnralphcarpenter on October 04, 2013, 10:19:31 AM: They're not weeds, they're ground cover!
Title: Re: Two unknown weeds.
Post by: Anthony Darby on October 04, 2013, 10:48:41 AM: They are certainly that! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Two unknown weeds.
Post by: fermi de Sousa on October 04, 2013, 11:40:55 AM: Quote from: Anthony Darby on October 04, 2013, 09:42:49 AM
Here are two tiny leaved, creeping weeds from my garden. No idea what they are. The leaves are about finger nail size.
The first looks like Dichondra though I'm not familiar with it's flowers!
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Two unknown weeds.
Post by: shelagh on October 04, 2013, 11:45:24 AM: Trouble is Ralph the groundcover is often in the wrong place.
Title: Re: Two unknown weeds.
Post by: fermi de Sousa on October 04, 2013, 11:53:24 AM: Anthony,
According to Wikipedia Dichondra repens is native to Australia where it is called kidney weed and New Zealand where it's called Mercury Bay weed!
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Two unknown weeds.
Post by: Anthony Darby on October 04, 2013, 09:19:04 PM: Seems to be a New Zealand native too. Thanks Fermi.
Title: Re: Two unknown weeds.
Post by: Oron Peri on October 05, 2013, 05:11:35 AM: Yes, the first is Dichondra repens

The second is most probably Hydrocotyle dissecta [although yours is not much dissected]
Title: Re: Two unknown weeds.
Post by: Anthony Darby on October 05, 2013, 10:55:03 AM: Thanks Oron. I can now live happily with these plants knowing they are New Zealand natives. Oratia Native Plant Nursery even offers a prize for a submitted photo, so I submitted one! 8) http://www.oratianatives.co.nz/catalogue_item.php?catalogue_id=1078 (http://www.oratianatives.co.nz/catalogue_item.php?catalogue_id=1078) Not sure if my pleasure would extend to New Zealand bittercress!