Several segregate genera have been described, but as R. Carolin (1993) has observed, "while some are almost certainly recognizable at the generic level, the others probably less certainly." With the current legitimate uncertainty, it is appropriate to treat Montia here in the broad, traditional sense.
To do otherwise is to give the impression that we know more about the relationships of the species than is actually the case.
Studies in Montia L. and Claytonia L. and allied genera.
Present tendency, however, is to include all of the spring beauties in the Purslane family as species of Claytonia (the common name "spring beauty" is sometimes also used for small early-blooming flowers in other families—again showing the importance of scientific binomial names.
The Water Miner’s-lettuce (Water, or Chamisso's, Montia), Claytonia (Montia) chamissoi is a little plant that goes by several names: water miner’s-lettuce; water montia; spring beauty; and Chamisso’s montia.
The name Montia honors Italian botanist, Giuseppe Monti (1682-1760) who probably had nothing to do with the plant.
Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago - Montia fontana L. Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Habitats: in wet springy places among mosses, along brooks, or among tall sedges and grasses by the edge of stagnant and muddy pools, less commonly in open places in wet sand or mud when stems become prostrate and somewhat tufted.
Montia it the only representative of this family in the eastern Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
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Gardner returns with a little help from her friends
Montia Gardner is back where she would like to be: competing.
Just two months after being hospitalized in the wake of a serious accident, Gardner is not only back at school, but she is also competing at her former level and breaking school records again.
