Montia chamissoi (Ledeb. ex Spreng.) Greene
Chamisso's montia (water minerslettuce)
Montiaceae (Purslane family)
(Previously in Portulacaceae)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Chamisso's montia (water minerslettuce)
Montiaceae (Purslane family)
(Previously in Portulacaceae)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from slender rhizomes and stolons, which produce bulblet-like offsets; stems erect, solitary, simple to branched, 5-20 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves reduced or lacking; stem leaves oblong to elliptic, tapering to the stalk, 4-7, opposite, 1-5 cm long, 0.2-1.8 cm wide.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of erect, terminal and axillary racemes with several flowers (which are sometimes replaced by bulblets) on stalks 8-30 mm long, erect in flower but nodding in bud; floral bract solitary at the base of the lowest stalk; petals 5, white or pink, 5-8 mm long; sepals 2, 2-3 mm long; stamens usually 5.
Fruits:
Capsules 2-3 mm long; seeds black, shiny, densely pimpled, oblong, 1-3 mm long, appendage flattened.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Montia chamissoi
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1141 | 1103 | 1220 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
0 | ||
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
6 | 5 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
E | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
4 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SBPS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
SBPS(4) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Bogs, marshes and streambanks in the lowland and montane zones; rare in coastal BC; N to AK, E to MB and S to NM and CA, disjunct in IA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Claytonia chamissoi Ledeb. ex Spreng.
Crunocallis chamissoi (Ledeb. ex Spreng.) Rydb.