Montia bostockii
Small-Leaved Blinks
Montia parvifolia
(Moc. ex DC.) Greene Species
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- Botanical name
- Montia parvifolia
- Also known as
- Little-Leaved Candyflower, Little-Leaved Montia, Small-Leaved Blinks, Small-Leaved Miner's-Lettuce, Small-Leaved Montia
- Family
- Montiaceae
- Genus
- Montia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Small-Leaved Blinks
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Montia parvifolia but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Claytonia parvifolia
Montia parvifolia subsp. parvifolia
Montia parvifolia var. parvifolia
Naiocrene parvifolia
Others in Montia
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