Tag: Tasmania

#264 They called me Montia fontana, also known as Montia hallii, Montia chabertii, Montia funstonii, and Claytonia hallii. I pay homage to the male botanists Alfred Chabert, Funston (I couldn’t find his records), and Edwin Cuthbert Hall, Harry Hall, or Harvey Monroe Hall. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Alaska, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bolivia, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Heard-McDonald Is., Iceland, Idaho, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kenya, Kerguelen, Khabarovsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Macquarie Is., Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Marion-Prince Edward, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northwest, Montana, Morocco, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Peru, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rwanda, Sakhalin, South Georgia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon, and Zaïre.