Montia diffusa Calflora

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Taxon Report

Montia diffusa (Nutt.) Greene

Diffuse miner's lettuce, Spreading minerslettuce

2020 Alexandra Kookootsedes

2018 Alexandra Kookootsedes

2014 Vernon Smith

2018 Sierra Pacific Industries

2008 Doreen L. Smith

2005 Doreen L. Smith

Montia diffusa is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~31 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Montia
Family:	Montiaceae (Portulacaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Redwood Forest, Douglas-Fir Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Claytonia diffusa
PLANTS	Limnalsine diffusa

Information about Montia diffusa from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (MODI3) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).