Flora of North America species comparison

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Claytonia perfoliata subsp. perfoliata
Photo is of parent taxon

claytonia, miner's-lettuce, miner's-lettuce spring-beauty
Leaves

blades green;

basal leaf rosettes erect, 20–50 cm, blade oblanceolate, ovate, or deltate, apex obtuse;

cauline leaves perfoliate, blade 1–10 cm diam., margins entire.
Seeds

3–5 mm.
2n

= 24, 36, 48, 60.

Claytonia perfoliata subsp. perfoliata
Phenology Flowering Jan–May.
Habitat Waste ground, orchards, roadsides, overgrazed rangelands
Elevation 0-1000 m (0-3300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; ID; MT; OR; UT; WA; BC
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 472.
Parent taxa Portulacaceae > Claytonia > Claytonia perfoliata
Sibling taxa
C. perfoliata subsp. intermontana, C. perfoliata subsp. mexicana
Name authority unknown
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