Montia 5544465 201799701 2008-03-29T12:29:54Z Eubot 231599 Removed taxobox colour. See [[User:Eubot/Removing colours from taxoboxen]]. {{Taxobox | name = ''Montia'' | image = Illustration Polycarpon polycarpoides0.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Montia fontana]]'' | image_width = 240px | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Caryophyllales]] | familia = [[Portulacaceae]] | genus = '''''Montia''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = about 12, see text }} '''''Montia''''' is a genus of plants in the purslane family, [[Portulacaceae]]. Species in this genus are known generally as '''miner's lettuce''' or '''minerslettuce'''. [[Montia perfoliata]], the species for which the term '''miner's lettuce''' was coined, is distributed throughout the Mountain West of North America in moist soils and prefers areas which have been recently disturbed. The species got its name due to its use as a fresh salad green by miners in the 1849 Gold Rush in California. Some members formerly of this genus are now considered to belong in '''''[[Claytonia]]'''''. The genus is being reorganized by taxonomists. Selected species: *''[[Montia bostockii]]'' - Bostock's miner's lettuce *''[[Montia chamissoi]]'' - water miner's lettuce, toadlily *''[[Montia dichotoma]]'' - dwarf miner's lettuce *''[[Montia diffusa]]'' - spreading miner's lettuce, branching montia *''[[Montia fontana]]'' - annual water miner's lettuce, water-blinks *''[[Montia howellii]]'' - Howell's miner's lettuce *''[[Montia linearis]]'' - narrowleaf miner's lettuce *''[[Montia parviflora]]'' - littleleaf miner's lettuce ==External links== *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MONTI USDA Plants Profile: genus ''Montia''] *[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=121145 eFloras Notes] {{Caryophyllales-stub}} * Edible and Medicinal plants of the West, Gregory L. Tilford, ISBN 0-87842-359-1 [[Category:Portulacaceae]] [[es:Montia]] [[pl:Zdrojek (roślina)]]