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§1 Plant

Montia chamissoi (Ledeb. ex Spreng.) Greene

vernacular water minerslettuce — species · Portulacaceae


USDA
MOCH
GBIF
5384299
Rank
species
water minerslettuce (Montia chamissoi)
Platephotograph · Jennifer AckerfieldCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Portulacaceae Dumort.
Genus
Montia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 96 counties across 13 states/territories
Legend Native · 96 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 96 counties across 13 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 11 N
Arizona view state ↗ 5 N
Colorado view state ↗ 14 N
Idaho view state ↗ 1 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N
Montana view state ↗ 4 N
Nevada view state ↗ 15 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 N
New York view state ↗ 1 N
Oregon view state ↗ 19 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N
Utah view state ↗ 14 N
Wyoming view state ↗ 7 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/MOCH ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5384299 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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