Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Blinks, Montia fontana, Fliodh uisce
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Blinks
Montia fontana
Fliodh uisce
Family: Portulacaceae

Flowering time: May-October. Aquatic or terrestrial annual. Native

Tiny white 5-petalled flowers, 2-3 per stalk. Narrow spoon-shaped slightly succulent leaves. Reddish-green straggling stems, often forming a thick cushion. Spread to 50cm. Variable, several subspecies recognised

The terrestrial form grows on bare, wet or damp acidic ground, the aquatic form in streams. Widepread but less frequent in central Ireland

Similar: Common Water-starwort, Callitriche stagnalis

Blinks, Montia fontana, Fliodh uisce

Blinks, Montia fontana, Fliodh uisce
Blinks, Montia fontana, Fliodh uisce

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