Flora of Victoria

Plants usually freely branching from base and above. Leaves oblong to oblanceolate, to 10 mm long, 3 mm wide. Flowers both solitary and in clusters or all clustered. Sepals 0.5–1.2 mm long, petals 1–1.5 mm long. Mature capsules 1.2–1.5 mm long; seeds elliptic, 0.6–1 mm diam., papillate or ± acutely tuberculate in several dorsal rows, with lower, elongate tubercles on the sides. Flowers Oct.–Nov.

CVU, GipP, HNF, HSF, NIS, VAlp, VRiv. Known in Victoria by a few collections from shallow pools and wet soil in alpine areas on the Snowy Range toward Mt Howitt, Wonnangatta River and at lower altitudes in the foothills of the Strathbogie Ranges (Merton and Benalla areas) and in the Melbourne suburb of Hampton.

Source: Walsh, N.G. (1996). Portulacaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Daniel Ohlsen, 2017-06-07

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Caryophyllanae

order Caryophyllales

family Montiaceae

genus Montia

species Montia fontana L.

Higher taxa

subspecies Montia fontana subsp. amporitana Sennen

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Montia fontana subsp. amporitana in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Montia fontana subsp. amporitana in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Victorian Riverina	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Northern Inland Slopes	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	native
Victorian Alps	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria