Claytonia perfoliata

$3.95

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Miner’s lettuce

This annual herb is fast growing up to 1-1.5 ft. tall x 1 ft. wide. It blooms from winter to spring with tiny five-petaled white flowers. Its leaves are round, succulent, and edible!

Makes for a wonderful trailing groundcover in seasonally moist places. Ideal for the understory of oaks, other trees, or larger shrubs. Also pairs beautifully with a mix of more showy annuals or perennials. Tolerant of a variety of soils as long as winter moisture is available. It tends to be more drought adapted near the coast and other cool-weather areas.

Larval host plant of the Annaphila diva and Annaphila arvalis moths.

Lifeform: Annual

Sun: Part Shade

Water: High, Light, Moderate

Soil: Clay, Loam

Other: Attracts Moths

Container

4", 4"S
Ecological Value

Host plant for Annaphila diva and Annaphila arvalis moths.
Historical Uses

Edible leaf vegetable, can be eaten raw in salads, or boiled., Many traditional uses in Native tribes–as food, poultice of plants are applied for rheumatic pains, and shoots used by the Yurok for a game similar to tug-of-war.
Distribution

Mexico, western North America as far north as British Columbia.
Elevation

-247" – 7863"
Habitat

Vernally moist places, often in understory of oaks or larger shrubs
Communities

Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Foothill Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Red Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest

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