Claytonia perfoliata
Donn ex Willd.
ssp. mexicana
(Rydb.) John M. Mill. & K. L. Chambers
Southern miner's lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata ssp. mexicana is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
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Montiaceae
(Portulacaceae) - Claytonia
- Claytonia perfoliata
Bloom Period
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Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands
[nathistoc.bio.uci.edu] Habitat, Name Origin: Habitat: Common in +/- shaded and vernally moist places below 5000 ft.; Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral, S. Oak Wood, etc.; Lower California to British Columbia., inland to desert edge. Blooms Feb.-May. Name: Named for John Clayton, 18th century American botanist born 1686. Greek, per, to bore through. Latin, folium, a leaf. (Jaeger 188, 104). The name describes the connate leaves, which appear to have a stem growing through them. (my comment). Mexicana indicates that the subspecies was first identified in Mexico. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
