Montia fontana Linnaeus

Montia fontana Linnaeus is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2003a.

Vernacular names

• montie des sources Blondeau & Roy, 2004
• montie des fontaines TelaBotanica

• water blinks FNA Ed. Comm., 2003a
• annual water miner's-lettuce
• blinking chickweed
• fountain candyflower
• fountain miner's-lettuce
• water chickweed

Synonyms

• Claytonia fontana (Linnaeus) R.J. Davis FNA Ed. Comm., 2003a
• Montia clara Ö. Nilsson FNA Ed. Comm., 2003a
• Montia fontana Linnaeus subsp. fontana TROPICOS
• Montia fontana Linnaeus var. fontana
• Montia fontana subsp. lamprosperma (Chamisso) Lindberg TROPICOS
• Montia fontana var. lamprosperma (Chamisso) Fenzl USDA NRCS, 2009+
• Montia fontana var. variabilis (Walters) Kozhevnikov USDA NRCS, 2009+
• Montia funstonii Rydberg FNA Ed. Comm., 2003a
• Montia hallii (A. Gray) Greene FNA Ed. Comm., 2003a
• Montia lamprosperma Chamisso USDA NRCS, 2009+
• Montia minor C. C. Gmelin FNA Ed. Comm., 2003a
• Montia rivularis C.C. Gmelin

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Caryophyllanae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Montiaceae
Genus	Montia
Species	Montia fontana

Habit

Herb