| Montia parvifolia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Portulacaceae |
| Genus: | Montia |
| Species: | M. parvifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Montia parvifolia (Moc. ex DC.) Greene |
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Montia parvifolia is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name littleleaf miner's lettuce. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to Montana, where it grows in moist to wet areas in several typs of mountain habitat.
Montia parvifolia is a perennial herb growing erect to about 40 centimeters tall from a matted, branching caudex base. It spreads via leafy stolons with sprouting bulblets. The fleshy oval leaves are alternately arranged and measure up to 6 centimeters in length. The inflorescence at the tip of the stem bears 1 to 12 flowers each with five pink or white petals up to 1.5 centimeters long.
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