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Montia dichotoma
(Nutt.) Howell
Family:
Montiaceae
Dwarf Candy-Flower
FNA
Resources
John M. Miller in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Plants
annual, not rhizomatous, stoloniferous, or bulbiferous.
Stems
erect, branched, 1-10 cm.
Leaves
alternate, erect, not distinctly petiolate, with clasping leaf sheaths; blade linear, 5-50 × 0.5-2 mm.
Inflorescences
terminal, 1-bracteate; bract linear to oblanceolate, 1-6 mm.
Flowers
4-12; sepals 1.5-2.5 mm; petals 5, white, 1.5-3 mm; stamens 3, anther yellow.
Seeds
0.8-1.2 mm, tuberculate; elaiosome absent.
2
n
= 14.
Flowering spring. Moist or transitional wetland habitat in coastal and inland valleys; 800-1600 m; B.C.; Calif., Idaho, Oreg., Wash.
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This project made possible by
National Science Foundation Award 1410069
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