Flora of Victoria

Plants usually freely branching from base and above. Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, to 15 mm long, 4 mm wide. Flowers both solitary and in clusters. Sepals 1–1.8 mm long, petals 1.5–2 mm long. Mature capsules 1.5–2 mm long; seeds elliptic, 0.8–1.2 mm diam., ± evenly covered with circular to broadly elliptic, rounded tubercles. Flowers mainly Sep.–Dec.

CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Gold, HNF, HSF, MonT, NIS, OtR, Strz, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WaP. Also SA, NSW, Tas. New Zealand, North and South America, Europe. Widespread in cooler areas of the State, growing in swamps and on seasonally wet ground. Although not uncommon in alps (e.g. Mts Buffalo, Howitt and Wellington areas) not recorded from the Baw Baws.

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. chondrosperma (Fenzl) Walters

Victoria

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

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Victorian Riverina	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Warrnambool Plain	present	native
Goldfields	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Dundas Tablelands	present	native
Northern Inland Slopes	present	native
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
East Gippsland Uplands	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	native
Otway Ranges	present	native
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native
Monaro Tablelands	present	native
Victorian Alps	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
South Australia
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania