Erubescent Miners Lettuce, Red-stemmed Miners Lettuce, Redstem Springbeauty
Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
Synonym: Montia rubra
![Erubescent Miners Lettuce, Red-stemmed Miners Lettuce, Redstem Springbeauty: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra (Synonym: Montia rubra)](rubra/rubra/rubra05-10-2015.jpg)
Redstem springbeauty blooming under oaks and douglas firs along the first half mile of the School Canyon Trail #469 , Badger Creek Wilderness............May 10, 2015.
The basal leaf blades are spade-shaped while those of the similar variety depressa are more oblanceolate or rounded.
Paul Slichter