Montia fontana L.
MONTIACEAE
- Miner's lettuce family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
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Name: Montia fontana L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 87 (1753)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Annual water minerslettuce
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: 594 ( AVG: 238.01 / 318.571 )
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Montia fontana
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Montia fontana
Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Trombetti
Montia fontana
Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Trombetti
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)
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(*) 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 [212]
2) Montia heterophylla (Torr. & A. Gray) Jeps. [159]
3) Montia minor C.C. Gmel. [230]
4) Montia verna Neck. [145]
5) Morella cerifera (L.) Small [1597]
6) Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC. [444]
7) Morus alba L. [2234]
8) Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [403]
9) Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin. [518]
10) Muhlenbergia monticola Buckley [219]
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