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Miner's Lettuce
Miner's Lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate woodland
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Common

About

A fleshy spring annual native to western North America, easily recognised by its distinctive disc-shaped leaf that wraps entirely around the stem. Gold Rush miners ate it fresh to ward off scurvy, giving it its lasting common name.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Montiaceae
Genus
Claytonia
Species
Claytonia perfoliata