Montia fontana
Water Blinks at Namadgi National Park
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| Montia fontana | Tapirlord | 19 Nov 2023 | |
| Montia fontana | Tapirlord | 19 Nov 2023 | |
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I think….occasional in disturbed ground where feral pigs have damaged native poa or Carex.
5 comments
19 Nov 2023
Looks about right to me, though not one I'm too familiar with, I can't say I can put a better suggestion to it than that.
19 Nov 2023
Thats all good Jane, from reading the descriptions it is a plant of moist soils so i had thought there was a chance you had enouctered it in your travels. Having looked at the descriptions again I'm confident of the ID; it seems the subsp are seperated based upon microscopic features of the seeds but this plant is most likely subsp. chondrosperma on distribution & habitat.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.951675-35.741389
- Altitude 1041.5m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Sighting information
- 30 Abundance
- 13 Oct 2023 04:47 PM Recorded on
- Tapirlord Recorded by
- Less than 10cm Plant height
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Montia fontana Scientific name
- Water Blinks Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 636m to 1041.48m Recorded at altitude
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Was the plant in flower?
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