[The Purslane Family in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Springbeauties of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Claytonia

Erubescent Miners Lettuce, Red-stemmed Miners Lettuce, Redstem Springbeauty: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra (Synonym: Montia rubra)

Redstem Springbeauty: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

Broad-leaved Springbeauty, Broad-leaf Springbeauty, Heart-leaf Springbeauty, Broadleaf Montia: Claytonia cordifolia (Synonyms: Claytonia sibirica var. cordifolia, Montia cordifolia) -

Pale Springbeauty: Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua (Synonyms: Montia spathulata, Montia spathulata var. exigua, Montia spathulata var. spathulata) -

Glaucous Springbeauty, Pallid Claytonia: Claytonia exigua ssp. glauca (Synonyms: Claytonia parviflora var. glauca, Montia perfoliata, Montia perfoliata ssp. glauca) -

Yellow Springbeauty: Claytonia lanceolata var. chrysantha - Now lumped into Claytonia lanceolata.

Western Springbeauty, Lanceleaf Springbeauty: Claytonia lanceolata var. sessiifolia (Synonyms: Claytonia caroliniana, Claytonia caroliniana var. piersonii, Claytonia lanceolata, Claytonia lanceolata ssp. chrysantha, Claytonia lanceolata var. idahoensis, Claytonia lanceolata var. lanceolata, Claytonia lanceolata var. piersonii, Claytonia sessilifolia) -

Alpine Springbeauty, Fell Fields Claytonia: Claytonia megarhiza (Synonyms: Claytonia arctica var. megarhiza, Claytonia bellidifolia, Claytonia megarhiza var. bellidifolia, Claytonia megarhiza var. megarhiza, Claytonia megarhiza var. nivalis) -

Linear-leaved Springbeauty, Small-flowered Miner's Lettuce, Small-flowered Springbeauty, Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora (Synonyms: Claytonia parviflora ssp. grandiflora, Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora, Claytonia parviflora ssp. utahensis, Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis, Claytonia perfoliata var. parviflora, Montia perfoliata, Montia perfoliata var. parviflora) -

Cuban Spinach, Miner's Lettuce, Winter Purslane: Claytonia perfoliata (Currently in Oregon and Washington, the subspecies designations have been dropped as they can be difficult to distinguish between.)

Cuban Spinach, Miner's Lettuce, Winter Purslane: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana (Synonym: Claytonia perfoliata var. intermontana) -

Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata (Synonym: Montia perfoliata var. perfoliata) - Wildflower to one foot tall. White flowers with 5 notched petals are about 1/3 to 1/2 the diameter of a dime. The leaf is round, with the flower stem arising from the middle of the leaf!

Erubescent Miner's Lettuce, Red Miner's Lettuce, Redstem Springbeauty: Claytonia rubra (Currently in Oregon and Washington, the subspecies designations have been dropped as they can be difficult to distinguish between.)

Red Miner's Lettuce, Rosetted Springbeauty, Cushion Miners Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa (Synonym: Montia perfoliata var. depressa) -

Erubescent Miners Lettuce, Red-stemmed Miners Lettuce, Redstem Springbeauty: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra (Synonym: Montia rubra) -

Brandegee's Springbeauty: Claytonia saxosa -

Candy Flower, Candyflower, Siberian Springbeauty: Claytonia sibirica (Synonyms: Claytonia heterophylla, Claytonia sibirica var. bulbifera, Claytonia sibirica ssp. sibirica, Montia heterophylla, Montia sibirica, Montia sibirica var. bulbifera, Montia sibirica var. heterophylla, Montia sibirica var. sibirica) - Wildflower to one foot tall. White, nickel-sized flowers with reddish or purplish stripes on the 5 petals. Tips of petals are notched. Leaves are opposite, wide, tapering to a point, and very thick or fleshy.


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