Montiaceae
Narrowleaf minerslettuce
Montia linearis
- Family
- Montiaceae
- Genus
- Montia
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Narrowleaf minerslettuce
- Hungarian
- Egyenes forrásfű
- Swedish
- Smalbladig källört
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 163 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ryan Schmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: J Straka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daughter Dad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rostyslav Yurechko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Sowers, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Noah How, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification 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.