[The Purslane Family West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Miner's-lettuce and Montias West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Montia

Line-leaf Montia, Lineleaf Indian Lettuce, Narrowleaf Montia, Narrow-leaf Miner's-lettuce, Narrow-leaved Montia: Montia linearis

Narrow-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

Chamisso's Montia, Toad Lily, Water Montia, Water Miner's-lettuce: Montia chamissoi (Synonyms: Claytonia chamissoi, Crunocallis chamissoi) - Perennial. Several pairs of stem leaves are generally opposite and narrowly spatulate (oblanceolate). If alternate, the petals are usually twice as long as the sepals. Petals 6-8 mm long.

Dwarf Montia, Dwarf Miner's-lettuce: Montia dichotoma (Synonyms: Claytonia dichotoma, Montiastrum dichotomum) - Annual. The several leaves are alternate, linear and 6-15 mm long. Flowers racemose. Petals and sepals roughly equal in length, to 2 mm.

Branching Montia, Spreading Miner's-lettuce, Spreading Candy-flower: Montia diffusa (Synonyms: Claytonia diffusa, Limnalsine diffusa) - Annual. The several to many leaves are alternate, long petiolate with lanceolate to rounded blades up to 3 mm wide. Petals 3-5 mm long.

Water Chickweed, Annual Water Miner's-lettuce, Blinks: Montia fontana (Synonyms: Montia dipetala, Montia fontana ssp. fontana, Montia fontana var. tenerrima, Montia hallii) -

Howell's Montia, Howell's Miner's-lettuce: Montia howellii (Synonyms: Claytonia howellii, Maxia howellii, Montiastrum howellii)- Low annual with freely-branched, spreading stems 2-6 cm. long, often rooting at the nodes. Leaves alternate, linear-spatulate to linear-oblanceolate, 5-20 mm. long and 0.5-1.5 mm. wide.

Line-leaf Montia, Lineleaf Indian Lettuce, Narrowleaf Montia, Narrow-leaf Miner's-lettuce, Narrow-leaved Montia: Montia linearis (Synonym: Claytonia linearis) - Annual. The several to many leaves are alternate, linear in shape and 2-5 cm long. The petals are equal to or slightly longer than the sepals, measuring 3-7 mm long.

Little-leaf Montia, Littleleaf Miners Lettuce, Littleleaf Miner's-lettuce: Montia parvifolia (Synonyms: Claytonia parvifolia, Montia flagellaris, Montia parvifolia var. flagellaris, Montia parvifolia ssp. flagellaris, Montia parvifolia var. parvifolia, Montia parvifolia ssp. parvifolia) -


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