Miner's lettuce

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Claytonia perfoliata, commonly known as miner's lettuce or winter purslane, is a flowering plant in the family Montiaceae. It is an edible, fleshy, herbaceous, annual plant native to the western mountain and coastal regions of North America.

• It belongs to the Montiaceae family. ^iNaturalist
• USDA PLANTS describes it as an herb (forb) with a annual, perennial life cycle. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS lists it as native in the lower 48 states and records it in 14 states. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• NatureServe lists it as native to California. ^NatureServe
• In California, most iNaturalist sightings of it in flower come in February–May. ^iNaturalist
• USDA PLANTS lists its flower color as white. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS gives its bloom period as mid spring. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS lists a mature height of about 1 ft. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• iNaturalist has 22,626 research-grade sightings of it in California, ranking #20 among the 110 flowers on our California list. ^iNaturalist