Montia fontana; The Blinks is a small plant with minute white flowers. The plants are light-green with opposite leaves. It grows among mosses in wet habitats. Widespread on Iceland but for the most barren highland deserts.
It is a member of the Purslane family (Portulacaceae).
Text & Photographs by Dick Vuijk
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Goose Foot (Chenopodiaceae), Dock (Polygonaceae) and Purslane (Portulacaceae) families,,
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