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Montia parvifolia

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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.

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.

Description

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Montia parvifolia is a perennial herb growing erect to about 40 centimeters (16 in) 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 (2.4 in) 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 (0.59 in) long.

References

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  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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