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Flora:Miner's Lettuce

From Oregon Hikers Field Guide

Miner's Lettuce at Catherine Creek (Steve Hart)
Claytonia perfoliata (formerly Montia perfoliata)
Purslane Family


Color White.jpg
Petals Whitefive.jpg
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Catherine Creek (Steve Hart)
Lacamas Park (Steve Hart)
Catherine Creek (Steve Hart)
Catherine Creek (Steve Hart)
Lacamas Park (Steve Hart)
Catherine Creek (Steve Hart)
Lacamas Park (Steve Hart)


Description

Miner's Lettuce grows through most of the northwest usually overlooked due to its minute size.

Tips on identifying Claytonia

2 thick fleshy stem leaves; white flower with pink lines Candy Flower Claytonia sibirica
may have two narrow opposite stem leaves; white flowers with several pink veins; petals slightly notched Western Spring Beauty Claytonia lanceolata
two opposite leaves; white flower petals with no pink; bright pink stamens; typically grows 3000-4000 feet elevation Heartleaf Springbeauty Claytonia cordifolia
stem leaves are fused into a distinctive disk; tiny white flowers Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata
stem leaves are fused into a nearly complete disk; foliage is tinted red; tiny white flowers Red Miner's Lettuce Claytonia rubra

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