[Spring Beauties and Miner's Lettuce: The Genus Claytonia in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Broad-leaf Springbeauty, Broad-leaved Springbeauty, Heart-leaf Springbeauty, Broad-leaf Montia

Claytonia cordifolia

Synonyms: Claytonia sibirica var. cordifolia, Montia cordifolia

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

Heart-leaved springbeauty as seen along the South Fork Tieton River Trail #1120 about one-half mile uphill to the west of Surprise Lake, Goat Rocks Wilderness.........July 21, 2016.

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

Floral stem and basal leaves of heart-leaved springbeauty as seen along the South Fork Tieton River about one mile or so southwest of Conrad Meadows. This spot is about one hundred or so meters east of the Goat Rocks Wilderness on private lands..........June 28, 2013.

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

Broad-leaf springbeauty in bloom at left in wet meadows along the Bypass Trail at the south side of Snowgrass Flat, Goat Rocks Wilderness.......August 20, 2020. The photo at right shows late-blooming broad-leaf springbeauty at a marshy spot along the Dry Creek Trail #194, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.....December 1, 2021. This particular site is in the 2020 Big Hollow Fire.

Paul Slichter