Montia parvifolia

Montia parvifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Portulacaceae
Genus: Montia
Species: M. parvifolia
Binomial name
Montia parvifolia
(Moc. ex DC.) Greene
Synonyms[1]
  • Claytonia parvifolia Moc. ex DC.
  • Naiocrene parvifolia (Moc. ex DC.) Rydb.

Montia parvifolia is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common names littleleaf minerslettuce,[2] small-leaved blinks[3] and small-leafed montia. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to Montana, where it grows in moist to wet areas in several types of mountain habitat.

Description

Montia parvifolia is a perennial herb growing erect to about 40 centimeters tall from a matted, branching caudex base. It spreads via leafy stolons with sprouting bulblets. The fleshy oval leaves are alternately arranged and measure up to 6 centimeters in length. The inflorescence at the tip of the stem bears 1 to 12 flowers each with five pink or white petals up to 1.5 centimeters long.

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 8 May 2016
  2. ↑ "Montia parvifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

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