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miner's lettuce
Scientific Name: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
Family: Portulacaceae
Category: Dicot
Growth: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Perennial
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Description: Claytonia perfoliata. 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.&*! The effect is tart, smooth, a little crunchy, and very “green” tasting. Miner's lettuce is also known as winter purslane (they're both in the portulaca family) and if you have ever eaten regular summer purslane, you can appreciate the succulent texture of this plant.&*! Miner's lettuce, a native winter annual broadleaf plant, is part of a complex of species and subspecies with slightly varying characteristics. It is found throughout &*! Growing Calendar for Lettuce Seed - Winter Purslane - Miners. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec. Sow Outdoors. Harvest. How To &*! The crunchy, mild green known as Miner's Lettuce is everywhere, especially out West. So why don't more people eat it?&*! This West Coast native appears abundantly there in the early spring. Succulent, mildtasting leaves are not unlike spinach in texture, and saved many Gold Rush &*! Miner's Lettuce, Miner's Lettuce (or Winter Purslane) (Claytonia perfoliata). Miner's Lettuce, Winter Purslane, Wildflower of the British Isles. 5 &*! Miners lettuce is petite and delicate in appearance and on the palate. Its composed of thin, succulent lemon lime stems that support kelly green colored basal &*! Christened with a most unlikely and dare I say rather un-pretty name, Miner's Lettuce may not sound like the most appetising of edibles. But if you were a miner  &*! Winter purslane is sometimes called miner's lettuce. It has heart-shaped, slightly succulent leaves, which have a mild flav. They are used raw in salads, along &*! Miners lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) is also called winter purslane, Indian lettuce and spring beauty, which are all names that reveal a bit about this amazing and &*! Vegetable (Cool Season) - Salad Greens. Also known as Miner's lettuce, winter purslane. Claytonia perfoliata. Portulacaceae Family Synonym: Montia perfoliata.&*! Common Name, Miner's Lettuce. Family, Portulacaceae. Synonyms, Claytonia perfoliata. Known Hazards, None known. Habitats, Disturbed and waste ground,  &*! Miner's lettuce is a soft, tender, wild green. It was once eaten by the 49ers as they panned for gold in California, but it's also known as Indian &*! Miners lettuce is found from British Columbia south down to Guatemala and east into Alberta, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah and &*! - 5 min - Uploaded by Sergei BoutenkoSergei's 30-day green smoothie challenge: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list &*! Miners Lettuce Claytonia Seeds is sometimes called winter purslane or miner's lettuce, but its Latin name is Montia perfoliata.&*! Miners Lettuce. Botanical Name: Claytonia perfoliata. Winter Purslane / Claytonia . A dainty looking hardy annual with its early leaves borne at the end of short &*! Miner s lettuce, Miner's lettuce. Claytonia perfoliata 2009 John W. Wall. CalPhotos: click on a photo to see it bigger. Claytonia perfoliata 2007 Neal Kramer.&*! Generals Classification Subordinate Taxa Wetland Related Links. Claytonia perfoliata Donn ex Willd. Show All Show Tabs miner's lettuce &*! Miner's Lettuce, Claytonia perfoliata, is one of favorites. Not only does it taste wonderful, it has a certain wood elf magic to it – We've enticed &*! Miner's lettuce has a startling amount of iron and calcium, and is a lovely alternative to regular lettuces and other supermarket greens.&*! Latin name: Claytonia perfoliata (syn. Montia perfoliata). Family: Portulacaceae. Common name: Miner's lettuce. Habit: Mounding, up to 1 foot tall and wide.&*! Small succulent round leafed plant, prefers moist shady position in winter. Native to North America where it was a valued part of miners diets in 1850's, where it &*! "Miner's lettuce" (Montia perfoliata) was a favorite of the vegetable starved forty- niners. It's one of the most plentiful-and easy to recognize-wild edibles in the &*! Learn about spring harvesting of waterleaf, nettles, miner's lettuce, watercress, wild lettuce, sow thistle and ferns.&*! Miner's lettuce, also known as winter purslane, spring beauty or Indian lettuce, has the botanical name of Claytonia perfoliata and is native to North America &*! Claytonia perfoliata &mdash . Miners Lettuce learn more about names for this taxon · Add to a collection · · Detail · Data · 433 Media · 3 Maps &*! Looking for online definition of miner's lettuce in the Medical Dictionary? miner's lettuce explanation free. What is miner's lettuce? Meaning of miner's lettuce &*! To make salad, Sunset reader Vicki Vermeer gathers miner's lettuce, a succulent tender green that grows abundantly on her 10-acre ranch. This wild native got &*! a glossy green herb (Montia perfoliata syn. Claytonia perfoliata) of the purslane family especially of western North America that produces racemes of pink to &*! Although there are said to be no known hazards with Miner's Lettuce, it comes from a family where most of the plants contain high levels of oxalic acid, which &*! Foraging for Miner's Lettuce, a wonderful salad green you can probably find in y yard (or nearby).&*! Includes: north america's edible weed, growing miner's lettuce, foraging for wild miner's lettuce, and food on the go.&*! Miner's lettuce, also called winter purslane (because it is related to that Some recipes call for cooking miner's lettuce, like you might spinach.&*! Miner's Lettuce (Montia perfoliata) is also known as Winter Purslane, Spring Beauty, or Indian lettuce. The name Miner's Lettuce comes from its use by &*! Miner's lettuce is from the Portulacca family, as Purslane, and is therefore also called Winter Purslane. It is a great sce of vitamin C, that can &*! If you're tired of the same-old leafy salad, take a step back in time and grow miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata or Montia perfoliata). A native plant in the &*! Miners Lettuce, Claytonia perfoliata grows wild up and down the west coast. It's a lovely little plant for spring salads and is easy to grow. Rich in &*! Claytonia Miners Lettuce. Heart shaped leaves are used to give salads a fresh taste. 613 Claytonia Miners LettuceCold hardy. Heart shaped leaves are used to  &*! Identify plants and flowers of the Miner's Lettuce family (Montiaceae) with these wildflower identification tools and a photo gallery with plants grouped according &*! If you're wondering what miner's lettuce tastes like it tastes like lettuce, imagine a lighter tasting spinach, perfect for making a simple salad with.&*! This plant gets its name from the gold miner's who used it to treat their scurvy. Miner's lettuce is mild and sweet with a subtle earthiness. Delicious in soup or &*! n succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America. Synonyms: Cuban spinach &*! One unusual and interesting leafy green that Stephen grows in his vegie plot is called Claytonia perfoliata or Miner's Lettuce. The plant was &*! and of Montia perfoliata, Miner's Lettuce.&*! Miner's lettuce. Color: White, pinkish. Common name: Miner's lettuce. Latin name: Claytonia perfoliata. Family: PORTULACACEAE. Height: highly variable.&*! When Kathryn posted about miner's lettuce last year, we were surprised to learn that this springtime weed, which grows in many parts of the &*! (Claytonia perfoliata) Native to the American Northwest. The wonderfully tender, mild heart-shaped leaves and long stems grow quickly in cool spring and fall &*!