Common name: Tropical Chickweed
Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult. APNI* 
Description: Annual sprawling herb, often rooting at the nodes; stems angular, glabrous to glandular-hairy, with long simple hairs at the nodes; internodes to 5 times the length of the leaves.
Leaves ovate to reniform, 6–12 mm long, 8–12 mm wide; petiole 3–7 mm long, glabrous to glandular-hairy.
Pedicels 2–7 mm long, glandular-hairy. Sepals 3–5 mm long, 3-veined with scarious margins. Petals usually bifid, 2–3 mm long, white.
Capsule ovoid, 1.5–2 mm long; seeds reddish brown.
Flowering: most of the year.
Distribution and occurrence: Vigorous weed of pastures, gardens and disturbed areas; north from Nambucca Heads. Previously misidentified here as D. cordata subsp. diandra.
NSW subdivisions: *NC
Other Australian states: *Qld
Text by A. Doust (1990)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW vol 1 (1990)
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