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Montia linearis
Greene
Family:
Montiaceae
Linear-Leaf Candy-Flower
[
Claytonia linearis
Dougl.,
more
Montiastrum lineare
(Douglas ex Hook.) Rydb.
]
FNA
Resources
John M. Miller in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Plants
annual, not rhizomatous, stoloniferous, or bulbiferous.
Stems
erect, branched or simple, 2-30 cm.
Leaves
alternate, erect, not distinctly petiolate, with clasping leaf sheaths; blade linear, 2-60 × 1-4 mm.
Inflorescences
terminal, 1-bracteate; bract linear to oblanceolate, to 20 × 2 mm.
Flowers
2-8; sepals 3-7 mm; petals 5, white, 4-6 mm; stamens 3-5, anther yellow.
Seeds
1.2-2.6 mm, tuberculate; elaiosome absent.
2
n
= 28.
Flowering spring. Dry to moist habitats, coastal and inland valleys to montane, coniferous forests; 0-2500 m; Alta., B.C., Sask.; Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Miss., Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.
Montia linearis
is a highly uniform species.
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