Montia dichotoma

(Nuttall) Howell

Erythea 1: 36. 1893.

Common names: Dwarf montia
Endemic
Basionym: Claytonia dichotoma Nuttall in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 202. 1838
Synonyms: Montiastrum dichotomum (Nuttall) Rydberg
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 487. Mentioned on page 486.
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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. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Moist or transitional wetland habitat in coastal and inland valleys
Elevation: 800-1600 m

Distribution

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B.C., Calif., Idaho, Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Montia dichotoma"
sessile +  and petiolate +
John M. Miller +
(Nuttall) Howell +
Claytonia dichotoma +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
occasionally dentate;crisped +
oblanceolate +  and rhombic ovate or suborbiculate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
linear +  and oblanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
not articulate +  and secund +
opposite +  and alternate +
Dwarf montia +
B.C. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
800-1600 m +
4 +  and 12 +
Moist or transitional wetland habitat in coastal and inland valleys +
terminal +  and axillary +
basal +  and cauline +
plurilocular +
linear-oblong +  and globose +
distinct +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Flowering spring. +
1 +  and 3 +
tuberculate +
rounded +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (?) +
persistent +
unequal +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Montiastrum dichotomum +
Montia dichotoma +
species +
not deciduous +
bulbiferous +, stoloniferous +  and not rhizomatous +
11 +, 10 +, 8 +  and 7 +