Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Montia linearis
FAMILY
Montiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This is a small annual plant usually no more than 6 inches tall (but can reach 1 foot). Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Montia linearis
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Montia linearis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Montia linearis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Montia linearis
COMMON NAME:
Narrow-leaved Montia, Narrowleaf Miner's-lettuce
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Tracy S. Feldman tsf_montia_linearis_20191
March Scotland County NC
St. Andrews University
Inflorescences terminal, of 2-8 flowers; sepals 2, persistent and unequal; petals 5, white, per Flora of North America.
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Tracy S. Feldman tsf_montia_linearis_20192
March Scotland County NC
St. Andrews University
Leaves are alternate, linear, and rather erect, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Montia linearis
FAMILY
Montiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Montia linearis
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Montia linearis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Montia linearis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Montia linearis
4761
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Lawns, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native: western North America
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Not rhizomatous, stoloniferous, or bulbiferous
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
2 sepals
5 petals
3-5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
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