Montiaceae
Annual water minerslettuce
Montia fontana
- Family
- Montiaceae
- Genus
- Montia
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Common names
By language (27)
- arz
- مونتيا فونتانا
- Azerbaijani
- İllik göstərici
- Bulgarian
- Изворна монция
- Catalan
- Montie des fontaines
- Czech
- Zdrojovka hladkosemenná pravá, Zdrojovka potoční
- Danish
- Stor Vandarve
- Dutch
- Groot bronkruid, Klein bronkruid en groot bronkruid
- English
- Annual water minerslettuce, Blinks, Fountain miner's-lettuce
- Estonian
- Oja-allikrohi, Allikrohi
- Finnish
- Lähdehetekaali, Hetekaali
- French
- Montie des fontaines
- German
- Quellkraut, Montie des fontaines
- hsb
- Wódny žórlenk
- Hungarian
- Tavaszi forrásfű
- Icelandic
- Lækjagrýta
- Irish
- Fliodh uisce
- Japanese
- ヌマハコベ
- Lithuanian
- Šaltininė menuva, Montie des fontaines
- mwl
- Merujas, Regagho
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kildeurt
- Polish
- Zdrojek błyszczący, Monthia fontana, Zdrojek źródlany
- Portuguese
- Merujas, Merujinha, Morujas
- Russian
- Монтия ключевая, Монция ключевая
- Slovenian
- Navadni mokrič
- Spanish
- Borujas, Corujos, Hierba del manantial, Pamplina de agua, Perifuelles
- Swedish
- Källört, Käll-lånke, Montie des fontaines
- Welsh
- Porpin y ffynnon
Synonyms
- Calandrinia cerrateae Añon
- Calandrinia pusilla Barnéoud
- Cameraria fontana Moench
- Claytonia fontana (L.) R.J.Davis
- Claytonia hallii A.Gray
- Claytonia pusilla (Barnéoud) Kuntze
- Montia alsine-facie Gilib.
- Montia arvensis Wallr.
- Montia chaberti Gand.
- Montia clara Ö.Nilsson
- Montia decumbens St.-Lag.
- Montia dipetala Suksd.
- Montia erecta Steud.
- Montia fontana subsp. fontana L.
- Montia fontana subsp. intermedia (Beeby) Walters
- Montia fontana subsp. lamprosperma (Cham.) H.Lindb.
- Montia fontana var. boreo-rivularis Lindberg
- Montia fontana var. erecta Pers.
- Montia fontana var. intermedia Beeby
- Montia fontana var. repens Pers.
- Montia fontana var. tenerrima Fernald & Wiegand
- Montia funstonii Rydb.
- Montia hallii (A.Gray) Greene
- Montia lamprosperma Cham.
- Montia linearifolia d'Urv.
- Montia major Steud.
- Montia pentandra Willd. ex Cham.
- Montia rivularis f. aquatica Glück
- Montia rivularis f. terrestris Glück
- Montia stenophylla Rydb.
- Montia tenella Steud.
- Montia terrestris Dumort.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to May (from 148 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alex Heyman, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cara-Lisa Schloots, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abalg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abalg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan Wrench, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: MurielBendel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steph Brulot-Sawchyn, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: MurielBendel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.