Montia fontana

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names
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Read about Montia fontana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Montia fontana, Linn. Water or Blinking Chickweed. Blinks. Water-blinks. Densely tufted, very green, weak, diffuse or ascending, 1-6 in. long, freely branching: lvs. spatulate or obovate, mainly obtuse, 1/8 in. broad or less: fls. nodding, solitary and terminal or in a small, loose, leafy-bracted raceme; sepals obtuse, slightly shorter than the petals: caps, globose, nearly 1/8in. diam.—Wet places, Que., Maine, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, mountains of Calif. Summer. Annual, or perennial by rooting at the nodes. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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