- Montia chamissoi
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Montia chamissoi Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Portulacaceae Genus: Montia Species: M. chamissoi Binomial name Montia chamissoi
(Ledeb. ex Spreng.) GreeneMontia chamissoi is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common names toad lily and water miner's lettuce. It is native to much of western North America from Alaska to the southwestern and central United States, where it grows in moist to wet soils in a variety of habitat types, such as meadows and wetlands. It is sometimes aquatic, anchoring in mud and floating in water.
Description
Montia chamissoi is a perennial herb growing from a pinkish rhizome and spreading via stolons. The fleshy stems are erect, creeping, tangled in mats, or floating, growing up to about 30 centimeters long. The oblong or widely lance-shaped leaves are oppositely arranged and measure up to 5 centimeters in length. The inflorescence is a raceme of 2 or more flowers, sometimes arising from leaf axils. The flower has usually five white or pinkish petals just under a centimeter in length, five stamens and a style tipped with three stigmas.
External links
Categories:- Portulacaceae
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada region (U.S.)
- Flora of California chaparral and woodlands
- Flora of the Western United States
- Caryophyllales stubs
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