Portulacaceae FAMILY
Montia fontana
Montia fontana
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Montia fontana is a Annual/Perennial up to 0.50 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeTemperate regions throughout the world, including Britain.
HabitatStreamsides, springs, flushes, wet places among rocks, moist pastures etc, especially on non-calcareous soils[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. It is also found in arable fields in S.W. England[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].