Plants Profile for Montia fontana (annual water minerslettuce)

General Information
Symbol:	MOFO
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Portulacaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN N GL N L48 N SPM N
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Butte Co., North Table Mountain. March 27, 2003. Usage Requirements.

Sheri Hagwood. USDI Bureau of Land Management (BLM). United States, ID, Bureau of Land Management Jarbidge Resource Area. August 30, 2005. Usage Requirements.

Sheri Hagwood. USDI Bureau of Land Management (BLM). United States, ID, Bureau of Land Management Jarbidge Resource Area. June 6, 2005. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 39. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CLFO2	Claytonia fontana (L.) R.J. Davis
MODI6	Montia dipetala Suksd.
MOFOA	Montia fontana L. ssp. amporitana auct. non Sennen
MOFOC2	Montia fontana L. ssp. chondrosperma (Fenzl) Walter
MOFOF2	Montia fontana L. ssp. fontana
MOFOL	Montia fontana L. var. lamprosperma (Cham.) Fenzl
MOFOT	Montia fontana L. var. tenerrima (A. Gray) Fernald & Wiegand
MOFOV2	Montia fontana L. var. variabilis (Walters) Kozhevn.
MOHA	Montia hallii (A. Gray) Greene
MOLA5	Montia lamprosperma Cham.
MOMI2	Montia minor C.C. Gmel.
MOVE3	Montia verna Neck.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Portulacaceae – Purslane family
Genus	Montia L. – minerslettuce
Species	Montia fontana L. – annual water minerslettuce

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Maine blinks Special Concern

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Alaska	OBL
Arid West	OBL
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	OBL
Northcentral & Northeast	OBL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACW