[Illustration: CAROLINA DICHONDRA PRETTY DODDER]
Herbs with creeping stems; sepals 5; corolla bell-shaped, 5-lobed;
stamens 5; carpels 2, separate.
Carolina Dichondra. Ground Ivy (_Dichondra carolinensis_) is, of course,
not even kin to the ivy, but it does form a green carpet over the ground
in places. It is widely scattered in the state and in many other
localities. The greenish-white flowers are small and inconspicuous under
the round leaves and are almost buried in the soil. The leaves are about
an inch broad and are slender stalked. The plant is a perennial which is
often hard to remove from lawns. The silvery-leaved dichondra
(_Dichondra argentea_) occurs in West Texas.