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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Montia fontana
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 87. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Water blinks
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Claytonia hallii
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
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|name=Montia clara
|authority=Ö. Nilsson
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Montia funstonii
|authority=Rydberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Montia hallii
|authority=(A. Gray) Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Montia minor
|authority=C. C. Gmelin
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Portulacaceae;Montia;Montia fontana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Portulacaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Montia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Montia fontana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 485, 486
|treatment_page=page 487
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual or biennial, never bulbiferous. <b>Stems</b> prostrate or decumbent, 1–30 cm, freely rooting at nodes, forming mats. <b>Leaves</b> opposite, sessile; blade oblanceolate to rhombic, 2–20 × 0.5–10 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> leafy. <b>Flowers</b> 1–8, slightly bilateral; sepals 1–1.5 mm; petals 5, connate proximally, white, unequal, 1–2 mm; stamens 3, anther pink or yellow. <b>Seeds</b> 0.7–1.2 mm, tuberculate; elaiosome present. <b>2n</b> = 20, 40.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Pools, springs, meadows, other wet or moist places
|elevation=0-3700 m
|distribution=Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Nunavut;N.W.T.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Maine;Mass.;Mont.;Nev.;N.H.;N.Y.;Oreg.;Utah;Vt.;Wash.;Wyo.;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Arctic regions.
|discussion=<p><i>Montia fontana</i> displays a multitude of forms varying in stature, leaf shape, and seed size. Segregate species, varieties, and subspecies have been named. Based on my study of worldwide collections of the species, much variation in <i>M. fontana</i> is attributable to phenotypic differentiation of ramets produced by local environmental conditions and unrelated to genetic variation. Until macromolecular or other studies shed light on the variation in <i>M. fontana</i>, it seems pointless to recognize infraspecific taxa or segregate species.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=moore1963b
|text=Moore, D. M. 1963. The subspecies of Montia fontana L. Bot. Not. 116: 16–30.
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|id=walters1953a
|text=Walters, S. M. 1953. Montia fontana L. Watsonia 3: 1–6.
}}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Montia fontana
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Claytonia hallii;Montia clara;Montia funstonii;Montia hallii;Montia minor
|basionyms=
|family=Portulacaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Pools, springs, meadows, other wet or moist places
|elevation=0-3700 m
|distribution=Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Nunavut;N.W.T.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Maine;Mass.;Mont.;Nev.;N.H.;N.Y.;Oreg.;Utah;Vt.;Wash.;Wyo.;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Arctic regions.
|reference=moore1963b;walters1953a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Montia
|species=Montia fontana
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