Claytonia perfoliata Calflora

Calflora

Taxon Report 2244

Claytonia perfoliata Donn ex Willd.

Miner s lettuce, Miner's lettuce

Claytonia perfoliata, a dicot, is an annual herb that is native to California, is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.


	Plant Distribution Observation Hotline (observation details) Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos from CalPhotos / Calflora


Family:	MONTIACEAE
Genus:	Claytonia
Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. intermontana ... ssp. mexicana ... ssp. perfoliata

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Foothill Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:

ICPN:

Claytonia perfoliata var. angustifolia

More information about Claytonia perfoliata


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (CLPE)	UC Integrated Pest Management Weed Photo Gallery (profile of this plant as an agricultural weed) ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net / Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2019. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jun 19, 2019).