Scientific name: Montia fontana Lsubspecies. chondrosperma (Fenzl) Walters Seeds with broad rounded tubercles on faces and margin, dull.DistributionCattered over most of British Isles, rare in North, locally common in South & Central Britain.
Family PortulacaceaeGenus MontiaSpecies Montia fontanaSubspecies Montia fontana chondrosperma
Montia fontana L. subspecies chondrosperma (Fenzl) WaltersMontia fontana subsp. minor W.R. Hayw. nom. illeg.
Montia fontana chondrosp 2 (Fruiting habit, picture taken in S Essex by C. Gibson)Montia fontana chondrosp 3 (Flowering habit, picture taken in S England by R. van der Meijden)Montia fontana chondrosp a (Seed, (scanning electron microscope), picture by C.A. Stace in Stace, 1997.)