Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Montia fontana L.


MONTIACEAE Family selection - Miner's lettuce family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Montia fontana L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 87 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Annual water minerslettuce
en English name: blinks
English name: water-blinks
Italian name: Pendolino delle fonti

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
 

Synonyms:
= Claytonia fontana (L.) R.J. Davis
= Montia dipetala Suksd.
= Montia fontana L. ssp. amporitana auct. non Sennen
= Montia fontana L. ssp. chondrosperma (Fenzl) Walter
= Montia fontana L. ssp. fontana
= Montia fontana L. var. lamprosperma (Cham.) Fenzl
= Montia fontana L. var. tenerrima (A. Gray) Fernald & Wiegand
= Montia fontana L. var. variabilis (Walters) Kozhevn.
= Montia hallii (A. Gray) Greene
= Montia lamprosperma Cham.
= Montia minor C.C. Gmel.
= Montia verna Neck.


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Montia fontana L. ssp. amporitana auct. non Sennen
2) Montia fontana L. ssp. chondrosperma (Fenzl) Walter
3) Montia fontana L. ssp. fontana
4) Montia fontana L. var. lamprosperma (Cham.) Fenzl
5) Montia fontana L. var. tenerrima (A. Gray) Fernald & Wiegand
6) Montia fontana L. var. variabilis (Walters) Kozhevn.



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Montiaceae
Genus: Montia
Species:


Page counter: 500 ( AVG: 218.75 / 217.71 )



Gallery:

Montia fontana
Montia fontana
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Montia fontana
Montia fontana
Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Trombetti

Montia fontana
Montia fontana
Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Trombetti

Montia fontana
Montia fontana
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 39.


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, CA, ID, ME, NV, OR, VA, WA), CAN (BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Distributional map for Montia fontana L.
Map for Montia fontana L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Montia fontana L. ssp. amporitana auct. non Sennen [171]
2) Montia fontana L. var. variabilis (Walters) Kozhevn. [178]
3) Montia hallii (A. Gray) Greene [165]
4) Montia parvifolia (Moc. ex DC.) Greene ssp. flagellaris (Bong.) Ferris [263]
5) Montia perfoliata (Donn ex Willd.) Howell var. depressa (A. Gray) Jeps. [127]
6) Morella cerifera (L.) Small [1511]
7) Morella pensylvanica (Mirb.) Kartesz [280]
8) Moringa oleifera Lam. [2395]
9) Morus papyrifera L. [296]
10) Mucuna urens (L.) Medik. [592]

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