Indian lettuce

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Montia cordifolia, broad-leaved montia

succulent plant with mostly basal leaves; stem bears 1 pair of broadly ovate or heart-shaped leaves and a loose raceme of 3-10 white flowers; western North America

Montia lamprosperma, blinking chickweed, blinks, water chickweed

small Indian lettuce of northern regions

Montia chamissoi, toad lily

a floating or creeping Indian lettuce having terminal racemes of pale rose flowers; wet areas at high elevations of western North America

Cuban spinach, Montia perfoliata, miner's lettuce, winter purslane

succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb; grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America

Type of:

herb, herbaceous plant

a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests