Miners Lettuce

Miner’s Lettuce
(Claytonia perfoliata; Montia perfoliata)

Form:

Somewhat fleshy annual 2-15 inches tall.

Leaves:

Many basal leaves spatula shaped to oval with long stems;

upper flowering stem has a pair of leaves joined into a single dish-like leaf below the flowers.

Flowers:

White to pinkish. 5 petals and 2 sepals, several nodding

flowers in a cluster above the leaf disk.

Habitat:

Moist (in spring) open to shady woods and thickets.

Season:	April-July.

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