Water blinks (Montia fontana)

Where?

Water blinks (Montia fontana) is a marsh plant found in streams, ditches, and wet fields worldwide. It thrives best in nutrient-poor soils.

Appearance?

Water blinks grows as an annual to perennial herbaceous plant and reaches growth heights up to 30cm, often found in mat-like stands. Stems grow decumbent to erect and sometimes float in water. Foliage leaves grow opposite in lanceolate shape with length from 3 to 20mm. In the flowering period from June to August, racemose inflorescences with up to eight flowers are formed. The flowers are radially symmetrical, with white petals and up to 3 mm in diameter

Special features?

The capsule fruits are self-propagating by rolling up the three fruit flaps and then catapulting the seeds out to a distance of 2 meters and a height of 0.6 meters.