Herb
Claytonia perfoliata
B tier
Claytonia perfoliata is miner’s lettuce—the botanical winter purslane with perfoliate round leaves and tiny white flowers. Mild, juicy, cool-season salad green native to western North America. Excellent winter greenhouse crop. Softer story than lemony Portulaca oleracea.
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Characteristics
Preparations
GreenhouseRawSaladWinter Green
Traits
CoolMildMild Cool SeasonMiner's LettucePerfoliate LeafRound LeafWestern NA Native
History
US
Indigenous peoples of western North America ate claytonia as a fresh green.
US
Gold rush miners relied on miner’s lettuce, giving the common name.
Specialty salad farms grew C. perfoliata as winter purslane.
Culinary seed lists used the binomial for true miner’s lettuce.