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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.
Miner’s lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) Water montia (Montia fontana) Little spring beauty (Claytonia exigua)* California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) Purple owl’s clover (Castilleja exserta)
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.
Some California native plants are in rapid decline in their native habitat due to urban sprawl, agriculture, overgrazing, recreational impacts, pollution, and invasive non-native species (invasive exotics) colonization pressures (animals and other kingdoms of life, as well as plants). [16]
3 Distribution and habitat. 4 Ecology. 5 Uses. Toggle Uses subsection. 5.1 Nutrition. ... (Claytonia perfoliata) is a member of the Montiaceae family and is not ...
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.
Claytonia parviflora is a species of wildflower in the family Montiaceae known by the common name Indian lettuce.It is native to western North America from southwestern Canada to northwestern Mexico, where it is found in many types of habitat, particularly areas that are moist in the spring.