Summary ⁷

Claytonia perfoliata (miner's lettuce, winter purslane, or Indian 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.

Taxon biology ⁸

What's unusual about winter purslane is that it has no problem surviving severe winters. It is a fleshy edible plant, containing lots of vitamin C and minerals. No wonder its nicknames are lettuce or spinach. Winter purslane is easy to recognize. Besides being one of the few herbal plants that is a bright healthy green in the winter, the rosettes of long stems end in a dish-like leaf. Actually, it is a pair of leaves which have united into one. The tiny flowers emerge from the middle of the dish.

Fuentes y créditos

1. (c) devra, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/21703936@N08/3437249232
2. USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, sin restricciones conocidas de derechos (dominio publico), https://plants.usda.gov/gallery/large/clpep_003_lhp.jpg
3. USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, sin restricciones conocidas de derechos (dominio publico), https://plants.usda.gov/gallery/large/clpep_004_lhp.jpg
4. USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, sin restricciones conocidas de derechos (dominio publico), https://plants.usda.gov/gallery/large/clpep_005_lhp.jpg
5. USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, sin restricciones conocidas de derechos (dominio publico), https://plants.usda.gov/gallery/large/lipe5_001_lvd.jpg
6. (c) "<a href=""http://nt.ars-grin.gov/"">ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory</a>. United States, CA, Pala.", algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://plants.usda.gov/gallery/large/clpe_001_lhp.jpg
7. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytonia_perfoliata
8. (c) Copyright Ecomare, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/22757694

Más información

• NaturaLista página del taxón
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Calflora
• CalPhotos
• eFloras.org
• Flora Digital de Portugal
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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