Montia parvifolia

Montia parvifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common names little-leaf miner's lettuce,[2] small-leaved blinks[3] and small-leaved 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.

Montia parvifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Montiaceae
Genus: Montia
Species:
M. parvifolia
Binomial name
Montia parvifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Claytonia parvifolia Moc. ex DC.
  • Naiocrene parvifolia (Moc. ex DC.) Rydb.

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 in a rosette and measure up to 6 centimeters in length. The flower stems (peduncles) arise basally from the leaf rosette, and 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. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Montia parvifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

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