Cuban Spinach, Miner's Lettuce, Winter Purslane
Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
Synonym: Claytonia perfoliata var. intermontana
What may be cuban spinach as seen at the Lawrence Memorial Grasslands several miles to the southwest of Shaniko, OR..........May 15, 2010. The leaves are mostly flattened to the ground with a few suberect and the leaves are broadly rhombic. The paired stem leaves on this individual are compeletly separate.
Cuban spinach as seen on moist north-facing cliffs above the east bank of the John Day River about two and one-half miles downstream of Oregon Highway 206 in Cottonwood Canyon State Park and adjacent BLM lands.......April 9, 2016.
Paul Slichter