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Water Blinks (Montia fontana), a perennial plant from the Portulacaceae family, is widely distributed across Europe, North America, and Asia, including regions such as Alaska, Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, and many others. Water Blinks (Latin: Montia fontana) is an edible plant catalogued in PlantSage.
Water Blinks is generally regarded as safe for culinary use when correctly identified and prepared. Avoid wild specimens from polluted ground and confirm species before harvest.
Water Blinks is a member native to ASK, ALB, ALU, ALG, ATP, and AGW. Water Blinks thrive in moist to wet conditions and prefer light (sandy), medium, or heavy (clay) soils with a pH of 5–5.5.
Water Blinks grows best in 8/10 light, moist, wet, water water, and annual, perennial life cycle. Detailed sowing, propagation, and care notes are on the full profile.
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