Montia bostockii
Blinking Chickweed
Montia fontana
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- Botanical name
- Montia fontana
- Also known as
- Annual Water Miner's-Lettuce, Blinking Chickweed, Blinks, Fountain Candyflower, Fountain Miner's-Lettuce, Water Blinks, Water Chickweed, Water-Blinks
- Family
- Montiaceae
- Genus
- Montia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Blinking Chickweed
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Montia fontana but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Calandrinia cerrateae
Calandrinia pusilla
Cameraria fontana
Claytonia fontana
Claytonia hallii
Claytonia pusilla
Montia alsine-facie
Montia arvensis
Montia chaberti
Montia clara
Montia decumbens
Montia dipetala
Montia erecta
Montia fontana subsp. fontana
Montia fontana subsp. intermedia
Montia fontana subsp. lamprosperma
Montia fontana var. boreo-rivularis
Montia fontana var. erecta
Montia fontana var. intermedia
Montia fontana var. repens
Montia fontana var. tenerrima
Montia funstonii
Montia hallii
Montia lamprosperma
Montia linearifolia
Montia major
Montia pentandra
Montia rivularis f. aquatica
Montia rivularis f. terrestris
Montia stenophylla
Montia tenella
Montia terrestris
Others in Montia
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