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Montia chamissoi

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Montia chamissoi is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common names of water minerslettuce, water montia, Indian lettuce, and toad lily. It is native to much of western North America from Alaska to the southwestern and central United States and also in British Columbia. It grows in moist to wet soils in a variety of habitat types, such as meadows, wetlands, plains, and montanes. It is sometimes aquatic, anchoring in mud and floating in water.

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Ecology

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Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Montia chamissoi
Slug
montia-chamissoi
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Montiaceae
Genus
Montia
Species
chamissoi
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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