Flora of North America species comparison

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Montia linearis

line-leaf Indian lettuce, line-leaf montia, narrow leaf water chickweed, narrow-leaf montia, narrow-leafed montia, narrowleaf miner's-lettuce
Habit Plants annual, not rhizomatous, stoloniferous, or bulbiferous.
Stems

erect, branched or simple, 2–30 cm.
Leaves

alternate, erect, not distinctly petiolate, with clasping leaf sheaths;

blade linear, 2–60 × 1–4 mm.
Inflorescences

terminal, 1-bracteate;

bract linear to oblanceolate, to 20 × 2 mm.
Flowers

2–8;

sepals 3–7 mm;

petals 5, white, 4–6 mm;

stamens 3–5, anther yellow.
Seeds

1.2–2.6 mm, tuberculate;

elaiosome absent.
2n

= 28.

Montia linearis
Phenology Flowering spring.
Habitat Dry to moist habitats, coastal and inland valleys to montane, coniferous forests
Elevation 0-2500 m (0-8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MS; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; SK
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Discussion

Montia linearis is a highly uniform species.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 488.
Parent taxa Portulacaceae > Montia
Sibling taxa
M. bostockii, M. chamissoi, M. dichotoma, M. diffusa, M. fontana, M. howellii, M. parvifolia
Synonyms Claytonia linearis
Name authority (Douglas ex Hooker) Greene: Fl. Francisc., 181. (1891)
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