Calflora Taxon Report
Montia linearis  (Hook.) Greene
Linear leaved montia, Narrow leaved water chickweed, Narrowleaf minerslettuce
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2003 Steve Matson
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2003 Steve Matson
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2015 David popp
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2024 Alaine Arslan
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2024 Emily R. Allen
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2020 sapienshane
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2008 Keir Morse
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2020 Belinda Lo
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2024 Emily R. Allen
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2025 CDA - California Department of Food and Agriculture
Montia linearis is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
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Genus: Montia
Family: Montiaceae  
(Portulacaceae)
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO
Alternate Names:
PLANTSClaytonia linearis
PLANTSMontiastrum lineare
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[Wikipedia] Range, Habitat: It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it grows in moist to wet areas in a number of habitat types, including forests and meadows, woodlands and grassland. The plant is also known from some areas of the southeastern United States, including Mississippi. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

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“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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