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Montia
''Montia'' is a genus of plants in the family Montiaceae. Species in this genus are known generally as miner's lettuce or water chickweed. All of the species in the genus have edible leaves. It is found worldwide, except in Asia. Montias are known from fossilized seeds recovered from sediments of the Pleistocene Tomales Formation and from a small paleoflora at San Bruno. Further, Daniel Axelrod discussed ''Montia howellii'' as one of the biogeographically significant species comprising the Millerton paleoflora at Tomales. The genus name of ''Montia'' is in honour of Giuseppe Monti (1682–1760), an Italian chemist and botanist. It was first described and published in Sp. Pl. on page 87 in 1753. ''Montia perfoliata'', now ''Claytonia perfoliata'', the species for which the term miner's lettuce was coined, is distributed throughout the Mountain West of North America in moist soils and prefers areas which have been recently disturbed. The species got its name due to its use as a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montia Fontana
''Montia fontana'', commonly known as blinks or water blinks, water chickweed or annual water miner's lettuce, is a herbaceous annual plant of the genus ''Montia''. It is a common plant that can be found in wet environments around the globe, from the tropics to the Arctic. It is quite variable in morphology, taking a variety of forms. It is sometimes aquatic. Montia fontana is divided into four subspecies, subsp. fontana, subsp. amporitana, subsp. chondrosperma and subsp. variabilisWalters, S. M. 1953. Montia fontana L. Watsonia 3: 1-6. In some countries like Spain it is consumed as salad and it is highly demanded in markets and restaurants specialized in foraged foods like wild mushrooms. References External links Jepson Manual Treatment |
Montia Dichotoma
''Montia'' is a genus of plants in the family Montiaceae. Species in this genus are known generally as miner's lettuce or water chickweed. All of the species in the genus have edible leaves. It is found worldwide, except in Asia. Montias are known from fossilized seeds recovered from sediments of the Pleistocene Tomales Formation and from a small paleoflora at San Bruno. Further, Daniel Axelrod discussed ''Montia howellii'' as one of the biogeographically significant species comprising the Millerton paleoflora at Tomales. The genus name of ''Montia'' is in honour of Giuseppe Monti (1682–1760), an Italian chemist and botanist. It was first described and published in Sp. Pl. on page 87 in 1753. ''Montia perfoliata'', now ''Claytonia perfoliata'', the species for which the term miner's lettuce was coined, is distributed throughout the Mountain West of North America in moist soils and prefers areas which have been recently disturbed. The species got its name due to its use as a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montia
''Montia'' is a genus of plants in the family Montiaceae. Species in this genus are known generally as miner's lettuce or water chickweed. All of the species in the genus have edible leaves. It is found worldwide, except in Asia. Montias are known from fossilized seeds recovered from sediments of the Pleistocene Tomales Formation and from a small paleoflora at San Bruno. Further, Daniel Axelrod discussed ''Montia howellii'' as one of the biogeographically significant species comprising the Millerton paleoflora at Tomales. The genus name of ''Montia'' is in honour of Giuseppe Monti (1682–1760), an Italian chemist and botanist. It was first described and published in Sp. Pl. on page 87 in 1753. ''Montia perfoliata'', now ''Claytonia perfoliata'', the species for which the term miner's lettuce was coined, is distributed throughout the Mountain West of North America in moist soils and prefers areas which have been recently disturbed. The species got its name due to its use as a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montia Parvifolia
''Montia parvifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common names little-leaf miner's lettuce, small-leaved blinks 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 ''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 An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ... at the tip of the stem bears ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montia Linearis
''Montia linearis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common names narrowleaf miner's lettuce and narrow-leafed montia. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it grows in moist to wet areas in a number of habitat types, including forests and meadows, woodlands, and grassland. The plant is also known from some areas of the southeastern United States, including Mississippi. Description ''Montia linearis'' is a slender, branching annual herb growing erect to about 25 to 30 centimeters in maximum height. The somewhat fleshy linear leaves are alternately arranged and measure up to 10 centimeters in length. The inflorescence bears up to 14 flowers with bases of curving oval green sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montia Bostockii
''Montia bostockii'', known by the common name Bostock's minerslettuce, is a species in the genus ''Montia'' found in Alaska and northwestern Canada. Description ''Montia bostockii'' is a perennial forb that flowers in the early summer. It is closely related to '' Montia vassilievii'', and the taxa are sometimes treated synonymously. It was once considered a candidate for protection through the Endangered Species Act The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA or "The Act"; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is the primary law in the United States for protecting imperiled species. Designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of ec ..., but it was found to be more abundant and widespread than thought previously. References bostockii Flora of Alaska Flora of Yukon Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Caryophyllales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montia Australasica
''Montia australasica'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Montia ''Montia'' is a genus of plants in the family Montiaceae. Species in this genus are known generally as miner's lettuce or water chickweed. All of the species in the genus have edible leaves. It is found worldwide, except in Asia. Montias are know ...''. Description Range Habitat Ecology Etymology Taxonomy References australasica Flora of Australia Flora of New Zealand {{Caryophyllales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montia Chamissoi
''Montia chamissoi'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common names of water minerslettuce, water montia, Indian lettuce, and toad lily. It is native to much of western North America from Alaska to the southwestern and central United States and also in British Columbia. It grows in moist to wet soils in a variety of habitat types, such as meadows, wetlands, plains, and montanes (Kershaw et al., 1998). It is sometimes aquatic, anchoring in mud and floating in water. Description ''Montia chamissoi'' is a small perennial herb growing from a pinkish rhizome and spreading through stolons. The fleshy stems are erect, creeping, tangled in mats, or floating, growing from five to twenty centimeters long. The oblong or widely lance-shaped succulent, pale green, leaves are oppositely arranged and measure anywhere from two to five centimeters in length. The inflorescence is a raceme of two or more flowers with two sepal A sepal () is a part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montia Diffusa
''Montia diffusa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common names branching montia and spreading miner's lettuce native to North America. Distribution It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it occurs mainly west of Cascade Range crest. It grows in moist to wet wooded areas, including areas recently affected by wildfire. Description ''Montia diffusa'' is an annual herb growing erect to about 20 centimeters in maximum height, its stem branching intricately. The diamond or lance-shaped leaves are alternately arranged and measure up to 5 centimeters in length, not counting their long petioles. The inflorescence is a raceme of 3 or more flowers. Each flower has usually five pink or white petals under half a centimeter in length blooming from a nearly closed cup of small green sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically functi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montia Howellii
''Montia howellii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common names Howell's miner's lettuce and Howell's montia. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in moist to wet habitat, including vernal pools and meadows. It sometimes grows in shallow standing water such as puddles. The species is known from fossilized seeds recovered from sediments of the Pleistocene Tomales Formation and from a small paleoflora at San Bruno. Further, Daniel Axelrod discussed ''Montia howellii'' as one of the biogeographically significant species comprising the Millerton Palaeoflora at Tomales.Axelrod, D. I. 1983. New Pleistocene Conifer Records, Coastal California. University of California Publications Geological Sciences Volume 127. Berkeley: University of California Press, 31 pp Description It is a small, low, mat-forming annual herb growing up to about 9 centimeters in maximum length. The linear or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montiaceae
Montiaceae are a family of flowering plants, comprising about 14 genera with about 230 known species, ranging from small herbaceous plants to shrubs. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution. The family Montiaceae was newly adopted in the APG III system and includes members of the Caryophyllales formerly listed in Portulacaceae. Genera *'' Calandrinia'' Kunth *''Calyptridium'' Nutt. *'' Cistanthe'' Spach *''Claytonia'' L. *''Hectorella'' Hook.f. *'' Lenzia'' Phil. *''Lewisia'' Pursh *''Lewisiopsis'' Govaerts *''Lyallia'' Hook.f. *''Montia'' L. *''Montiopsis'' Kuntze *'' Parakeelya'' Hershk. *''Phemeranthus ''Phemeranthus'' (fameflower) is a genus of flowering plants in the miner's lettuce family, Montiaceae, native to the Americas. It is sometimes placed in Portulacaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words εφήμερος (''ephemeros''), me ...'' Raf. *'' Schreiteria'' Carolin References External links * * Caryophyllales families Taxa named by Constant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claytonia Perfoliata
''Claytonia perfoliata'' ( syn. ''Montia perfoliata''), also known as miner's lettuce, Indian lettuce, winter purslane, or ''palsingat'' (Cahuilla), is a flowering plant in the family Montiaceae. It is an edible, fleshy, herbaceous, annual plant native to the western mountain and coastal regions of North America. Description ''Claytonia perfoliata'' is a tender rosette-forming plant that grows to some in height, but mature plants can be as short as . The cotyledons are usually bright green (rarely purplish- or brownish-green), succulent, long and narrow. The first true leaves form a rosette at the base of the plant, and are long, with a typically long petiole (exceptionally up to long). The small pink or white flowers have five petals long. The flowers appear from February to May or June and are grouped 5–40 together. The flowers grow above a pair of leaves that are connected together around the stem so as to appear as a single circular leaf. Mature plants form a rosette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
