Species
Montia howellii (Howell’s montia)
Montia howellii is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common names Howell’s miner’s lettuce and Howell’s montia. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in moist to wet habitat, including vernal pools and meadows. It sometimes grows in shallow standing water such as puddles. The species is known from fossilized seeds recovered from sediments of the Pleistocene Tomales Formation and from