Scientific Name: Montia fontana subsp. chondrosperma

Common Name: waterblinks

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Portulacaceae

Form Description: Small annual to perennial herb.

Flowers: Small, terminal white flowers on stalks.

Fruit: Woody capsule – 3 valves. Contains 3 black seeds.

Municipality
No data available for this species
Plant Communities
Sedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Common in wet places.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Poorly-drained

Propagation Calendar

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  • Seed Collecting Month
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  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seeds are shot some distance from the plant when the capsule is opened suddenly by 3 valves.