Burke: Montia chamissoi

	Montia chamissoi
	Chamisso's montia, water montia
Habit	Succulent, spreading perennial from slender rhizomes, with freely rooting stolons from which bulblet-like offsets are often produced; flowering stems erect, simple or branched above, 5-20 cm. tall.
Leaves	Cauline leaves opposite, usually several pairs, 2-5 cm. long and 5-17 mm. broad, oblanceolate to rhombic-obovate, narrowed to a short petiole; leaves of the stolons greatly reduced.
Flowers	Flowers 3-10 in terminal and axillary racemes, often replaced by bulbils; pedicels stout, recurved, up to 3 cm. long; sepals 2, 2-3 mm, long; petals 5, white or pinkish, 5-8 mm. long; stamens usually 5; style 1, stigmas 3, linear.
Fruits	Capsule obovoid, about equal to the sepals.

	Montia chamissoi
Flowering time	May-August
Habitat	Wet areas, often in water, from the lowlands to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Distribution	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains; scattered locations east of the Mississippi in the U.S. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	M. dichotoma, M. diffusa, M. fontana, M. howellii, M. linearis, M. parvifolia
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Montia chamissoi

Chamisso's montia, water montia

Habit

Succulent, spreading perennial from slender rhizomes, with freely rooting stolons from which bulblet-like offsets are often produced; flowering stems erect, simple or branched above, 5-20 cm. tall.

Leaves

Cauline leaves opposite, usually several pairs, 2-5 cm. long and 5-17 mm. broad, oblanceolate to rhombic-obovate, narrowed to a short petiole;

leaves of the stolons greatly reduced.

Flowers

Flowers 3-10 in terminal and axillary racemes, often replaced by bulbils;

pedicels stout, recurved, up to 3 cm. long;

sepals 2, 2-3 mm, long;

petals 5, white or pinkish, 5-8 mm. long;

stamens usually 5;

style 1, stigmas 3, linear.

Fruits

Capsule obovoid, about equal to the sepals.

Montia chamissoi

Flowering time

May-August

Habitat

Wet areas, often in water, from the lowlands to mid-elevations in the mountains.

Distribution

Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains; scattered locations east of the Mississippi in the U.S.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Native

Conservation status

Not of concern

Sibling taxa

M. dichotoma, M. diffusa, M. fontana, M. howellii, M. linearis, M. parvifolia

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