Montia bostockii (A.E.Porsild) S.L.Welsh

Bostock's minerslettuce (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Montiaceae > Montia

Characteristics

Plants perennial, rhizomatous or stoloniferous, not bulbiferous, rooting at nodes. Stems erect, 5-15 cm. Leaves alternate, secund, petiolate; blade linear, 2-40 × 0.5-2 mm. Inflorescences 1-bracteate; bract linear to oblanceolate, 10 × 2 mm. Flowers 1-12(-20); sepals 3.5-4.5 mm; petals 5, white with yellow blotches at base, or pinkish, 10-15 mm; stamens 5, anther yellow. Seeds 0.8-1.5 mm, tuberculate; elaiosome present.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Distribution

Montia bostockii world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:164070-2
WFO ID wfo-0000452415
COL ID 44B2G
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Synonyms

Montia bostockii Claytonia bostockii Claytoniella bostockii Montiastrum bostockii