East Bay Rare and Unusual Plants
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Montia fontana
water chickweed, blinks, water chickweed
Family:
Montiaceae
Rarity
CNPS-EB:
C
Criteria:
Limited/Threatened Habitat
Small Populations
Observations
CNPS-EB Database
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Calflora (group)
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Calflora (public)
iNaturalist
CCH2
Key to Region Map
Background
Regions with a green background have at least one population that has been observed in the past 25 years.
Regions with a blue background have no populations that have been observed in the past 25 years, but have at least one population that has been recorded more than 25 years ago.
Regions with an orange background have no confirmed observations of natural occurrences of this species, but have at least one observtion of a population whose location or identification is uncertain, or which has been planted.
Regions with a white background have no record of this species every being present.
Key
Ecology
Flowers July - August
Habitats:
Freshwater Marsh
Vernal Pool
Miscellaneous Wetlands
All Montia
M. fontana
M. linearis
(A1x)
References
Jepson eFlora
Calflora
iNaturalist
Synonyms
Montia fontana subsp. amporitana
Montia fontana subsp. chondrosperma
Montia fontana subsp. variabilis
Montia funstonii
Montia hallii
Montia verna