''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 ''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 ...

''. It is a common plant that can be found in wet environments around the globe, from the

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to the

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. 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.

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fontana Fontana may refer to: Places Italy *Fontana Liri, comune in the Province of Frosinone *Fontanafredda, comune in the Province of Pordenone *Fontanarosa, comune in the Province of Avellino *Francavilla Fontana, comune in the Province of Brindisi * ...

Cosmopolitan species Edible plants Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Caryophyllales-stub