Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Montiaceae Raf.
Genus
Montia L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Montia fontana subsp. chondrosperma (Fenzl) Walters, Watsonia 3: 4 (1953)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Montia fontana var. chondrosperma Fenzl in Ledebour, Fl. Ross. (Ledeb.) 152 (1843)
  • = Montia minor C.C.Gmel., Fl. Bad. 1, 301-302 (1805)
 Description

Usually annual; stems usually suberect or erect, (1)–2–6–(10) cm tall. Fls usually few in terminal cymes. Seeds dull, tuberculate all over.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Gmelin, C.C. 1805: Flora Badensis Alsatica. Vol. 1.
Ledebour, C.F. von 1843: Flora Rossica sive Enumeratio Plantarum in Totius Imperii Rossici Provinciis Europaeis, Asiaticis, et Americanis Hucusque Observatarum. Vol. 2. Stuttgart.
Walters, G.M. 1953: Montia fontana L. Watsonia 3: 1–6.