Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Claytonia perfoliata is a tender rosette-forming plant that grows to some 30 centimetres (12 inches) in height, [2] but mature plants can be as short as 1 cm (3 ⁄ 8 in). ). The cotyledons are usually bright green (rarely purplish- or brownish-green), succulent, long and na
Claytonia (spring beauty) is a genus of flowering plants native to Asia, North America, and Central America. The vitamin-rich leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, and the tubers can be prepared like potatoes.
Montia perfoliata, now Claytonia perfoliata, the species for which the term miner's lettuce was coined, is distributed throughout the Mountain West of North America in moist soils and prefers areas which have been recently disturbed. The species got its name due to its use as a fresh salad green by miners in the 1849 California Gold Rush. [7]
Miner’s lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) Water montia (Montia fontana) Little spring beauty (Claytonia exigua)* California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) Purple owl’s clover (Castilleja exserta)
Claytonia perfoliata: Miner's lettuce: Used by California Gold Rush miners who ate it to prevent scurvy. Like lettuce but rougher [82] Claytonia sibirica: Siberian spring beauty: Has beet-flavoured leaves. [83] Cleome gynandra: African cabbage: Widespread in many tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world.
Aboriginal Australians use the seeds of purslane to make seedcakes. Greeks, who call it andrákla (αντράκλα) or glistrída (γλιστρίδα), use the leaves and the stems with feta cheese, tomato, onion, garlic, oregano, and olive oil. They add it to salads, boil it, or add it to casseroled chicken.
Claytonia sibirica is a flowering plant in the family Montiaceae, commonly known as pink purslane, candy flower, Siberian spring beauty or Siberian miner's lettuce. [1] A synonym is Montia sibirica. It is native to Aleutian Islands and western North America and has been introduced into parts of Europe and Scandinavia. Pink purslane in full flower.
The Santa Monica Mountains are covered by hundreds of local plant species: some are endemic or very rare, some are beautiful California native plants in situ, and some also are familiar as horticultural ornamental and native garden plants.