Montia fontana L
subsp. fontana

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Status: Native
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Worldwide distribution: Almost throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere and the higher mountain ranges of the Andes, Papua New Guinea, Atlas Mts of North Africa and mountains of eastern DR Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.
Botanical divisions: IX
Growth form(s): Annual.
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Literature:

Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 176.

Troupin, G. (1978). Portulacaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Pages 214 - 216. (Includes a picture).


Other sources of information about Montia fontana subsp. fontana:

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Flora of Rwanda: Montia fontana subsp. fontana

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Montia fontana
African Plant Database: Montia fontana
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Montia fontana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Montia fontana
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Montia fontana
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Montia fontana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Montia fontana
JSTOR Plant Science: Montia fontana
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Montia fontana
Plants of the World Online: Montia fontana
Tropicos: Montia fontana
Wikipedia: Montia fontana


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The DRC flora team (2025). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Species information: Montia fontana subsp. fontana.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=255560, retrieved 31 July 2025

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