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Spring Beauty (Claytonia perfoliata).
Introduced into UK in 1852 from the Pacific coast of North America, where it's more commonly known as Miner’s Lettuce or Winter Purslane.
Olympus EM1 + Pentacon M42 50mm f1.8, at f8.
There are several species of Claytonia that are called miner's lettuce, Indian lettuce, or various kinds of purslane. They're all edible. This is Claytonia sibirica, very common along the PNW coastal woods,
Cape Disappointment State Park, WA
This is a very close shot of a little Miner’s Lettuce bloom. This green grows wild in Northern California, and was prolific at Moore Creek Park today. No, I did not harvest any for my dinner. The park looks askance at anyone picking the wild plants there. But, “According to a study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 100 grams of miner’s lettuce — about the size of a decent salad — contains a third of your daily requirement of Vitamin C, 22 percent of the Vitamin A, and 10 percent of the iron.”
honest-food.net/on-miners-lettuce-americas-gift-to-salad/
For Spotlight Your Best, where the them for March is “A Green State of Mind”.
Showing itself now in the wild for a few precious months!
The wonderful, edible “weed”!
(What’s a weed? A plant in the wrong place!)
Miner's Lettuce about to bloom in Moore Creek Park, Napa County, Northern California.
For the Spring Nature challenge sponsored by Awake - Art for a Cause
Banana Slugs are fascinating creatures. I thought I had seen them eating before, but after watching this slug devour the entire leaf in mere minutes I realized I was wrong. It was a far cooler thing to see than I imagined.
Made explore up to #6 on March 21st 2010.... yea for me? Whatever. Thanks everyone who thinks this slug is as awesome as I do.
Claytonia perfoliata. "Miner's Lettuce". It's that wonderful time of year! Free, where you can find it!
In Pratt Preserve (The Nature Conservancy) near Ebey's Landing on Whidbey Island, WA. Miner's Lettuce is blooming on the ground.
Bushes are Ocean Spray under an open Douglas-fir forest.
Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) growing in a field at the Guadalupe Oak Grove Park in the Almaden area of San Jose, California.Claytonia perfoliata (Indian lettuce, spring beauty, winter purslane, or miner's lettuce ; syn. Montia perfoliata) is a fleshy annual plant native to the western mountain and coastal regions of North America from southernmost Alaska and central British Columbia south to Central America, but most common in California in the Sacramento and northern San Joaquin valleys. The common name miner's lettuce refers to its use by California Gold Rush miners who ate it to get their vitamin C to prevent scurvy. It can be eaten as a leaf vegetable. Most commonly it is eaten raw in salads, but it is not quite as delicate as other lettuce. (Wikipedia)
Some of which I enjoyed for supper! Delicious. “Miner’s Lettuce”, Claytonia perfoliata. A west coast wild plant ("weed").
Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) growing in a field at the Guadalupe Oak Grove Park in the Almaden area of San Jose, California.Claytonia perfoliata (Indian lettuce, spring beauty, winter purslane, or miner's lettuce ; syn. Montia perfoliata) is a fleshy annual plant native to the western mountain and coastal regions of North America from southernmost Alaska and central British Columbia south to Central America, but most common in California in the Sacramento and northern San Joaquin valleys. The common name miner's lettuce refers to its use by California Gold Rush miners who ate it to get their vitamin C to prevent scurvy. It can be eaten as a leaf vegetable. Most commonly it is eaten raw in salads, but it is not quite as delicate as other lettuce. (Wikipedia)
Here are seedlings of native Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) in the Portulacaceae or Montiaceae plant family getting backed into a corner by moss and a bolt on a concrete utility cover in the canyon. Note the raindrops - we had a bit of rain yesterday, and everything looks fresh and clean today. Yeah, Miner's Lettuce has round leaves that encircle the stems, but they start with these narrow leaves. This is also my photo for the Macro Mondays group this week, with the theme of "corners". Not every corner we find ourselves in has straight edges, so HMM! (San Marcos Pass, 1 January 2017)
Ready for my smoothie!
Claytonia perfoliata.
Delicious and nourishing! Some of this is already in my tummy!
Miner's Lettuce was commonly used by the gold miners for nourishment. I have not tried it but I understand it is slightly sweeter than spinach when added to salads. Historic Indian Springs Cemetery, Nevada Co, California on 6 April 2017.
Wet conditions in January brought a few wildflowers, including this low-growing plant with its tiny purple-tinged tiny white flowers.*
* Very tiny: Wikipedia says petals each 2-6 mm long.
Santa Teresa County Park, Santa Clara County, California
aka Miner's lettuce!
From North America apparently! Was growing in a hedgerow on the edge of a garden! Like the flowers coming from the centre of the leaves!
The Cliffe - Shropshire
Whilst weeding, I came across this beauty in amongst the Chickweed. Anyone know what it is, and if it's alright to leave it amongst my Marigolds.
I'm surprised I don't know it, as it's quite distinctive with the flower stalk rising from that leaf/bract, which is about an inch across.
Thank you so much Penny Bun for identifying it as a Claytonia -- with lots of local names such as Spring Beauty and Miners' Lettuce. I will certainly let it grow and try some in a salad. The basal leaves are a bit like Lambs Lettuce. It was introduced from America in the 18th. Century. And I've got it growing wild in my garden -- with the Welsh Poppies.
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Spring in california is the best time to spot Miners lettuce. I found this by a tree bark providing a contrasting scene
These are the first new flowers of native Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata, Montiaceae) that I've seen this year. The grown-together "connate leaves" that surround the stems make a delicious salad. The plant is kind of a weed in our garden - and around the world. (San Marcos Pass, 29 January 2022)
From a damp early morning hike with Paul P to the ancient lost city of Volvon, I happened on this little sprig of Miner's Lettuce as I was straddling a large leaning oak tree.
While I was setting up this shot, my hand began to instantly swell up from poison oak contact on this hike. Paul tossed me his water bottle and a quick rinse of my hands at least helped to minimize the reaction. My fingers got fat and red and it was almost time to call it a morning anyhow, so no harm done to an otherwise enchanting morning of discoveries.
Lens is the A120 f/4 macro on the 645Z with a few stacking slices.
Hope you like it.
Finger Lakes Food/Flower Gardens
We are growing this in our Hoop House. It is a most unusual lettuce but one that is worthy of growing because its full of Vitamin C. During the Gold rush in California, the miners grew it to ward off scurvy. It is really crunchy and very tasty! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytonia_perfoliata
Miner's lettuce is a wild edible plant that grows along streams and in damp places. Normally it is a rather small, delicate plant when I have seen it, but after all of the rains here in California, this little patch was big, full, and abundant.
Claytonia grows everywhere in my garden where we don't weed!
It is an attractive winter salad crop, rich in vitamin C. Also known as winter purslane or miner's lettuce.
It can also be lightly boiled or steamed, like spinach, which it resembles in taste. I cannot comment on the taste as I've never tried it, but I do like to see them in the garden!
The generic name of Claytonia is in reference to a botanist of the 1600’s by the name of John Clayton, while its specific name, perfoliata is due to the perfoliate leaves which completely encircle the stem and are attached at the base of the plant.
Miner's lettuce is a small, herbaceous, slightly succulent annual plant. Light green in colour, and has round, disk-like leaves, which surround its smooth, tender stem. The stem passes directly through the round leaf and this makes identification easy. After the plant has bloomed,there is a small white or pinkish colour flower growing on top of its rounded leaves.
From: Edible WIld Food
I just think it's a really cool plant, and a bit alien-looking.