Blinks facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Blinks
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Montia
Species:	fontana
Synonyms
Calandrinia cerrateae Añon Calandrinia pusilla Barnéoud Cameraria fontana Moench Claytonia fontana (L.) R.J.Davis Claytonia hallii A.Gray Claytonia pusilla (Barnéoud) Kuntze Montia alsine-facie Gilib. Montia arvensis Wallr. Montia chaberti Gand. Montia clara Ö. Nilsson Montia decumbens St.-Lag. Montia dipetala Suksd. Montia erecta Steud. Montia funstonii Rydb. Montia hallii (A. Gray) Greene Montia lamprosperma Cham. Montia linearifolia d'Urv. Montia major Steud. Montia pentandra Willd. ex Cham. Montia stenophylla Rydb. Montia tenella Steud. Montia terrestris Dumort.

Montia fontana, commonly known as blinks or water blinks, water chickweed or annual water miner's lettuce, is a herbaceous annual plant of the genus Montia. It is a common plant that can be found in wet environments around the globe, from the tropics to the Arctic. It is quite variable in morphology, taking a variety of forms. It is sometimes aquatic.

Montia fontana is divided into four subspecies, subsp. fontana, subsp. amporitana, subsp. chondrosperma and subsp. variabilis

In some countries like Spain it is consumed as salad and it is highly demanded in markets and restaurants specialized in foraged foods like wild mushrooms.

See also

In Spanish: Montia fontana para niños