[Miner's Lettuce and Springbeauties: The Genus Claytonia in Mt. Adams Country]

Erubescent Miner's Lettuce, Red Miner's Lettuce, Redstem Springbeauty

Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

Synonyms: Montia perfoliata (in part), Montia rubra

Cushion Miner's Lettuce, Erubescent Lettuce, Red Miner's Lettuce, Redstem Springbeauty: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra (Synonyms: Montia perfoliata (in part), Montia rubra)

Erubescent miner's lettuce beginning to bloom along the Willard Springs Trail, Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge......May 1, 2018.

Cushion Miner's Lettuce, Erubescent Lettuce, Red Miner's Lettuce, Redstem Springbeauty: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra (Synonyms: Montia perfoliata (in part), Montia rubra)

The photos on this page were all taken at a large clearcut along FS Rd 82 on Mt. Adams, at approximately an elevation of 2540'..........May 7, 2005. Notice the reddish color of the young plants and stems, and the stem leaf directly below the inflorescence which is often incompletely perfoliate (does not wrap completely around the stem).
Inflorescences of Cushion Miner's Lettuce, Erubescent Lettuce, Red Miner's Lettuce, Redstem Springbeauty: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra (Synonyms: Montia perfoliata (in part), Montia rubra)
Cushion Miner's Lettuce, Erubescent Lettuce, Red Miner's Lettuce, Redstem Springbeauty: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra (Synonyms: Montia perfoliata (in part), Montia rubra)

Cushion Miner's Lettuce, Erubescent Lettuce, Red Miner's Lettuce, Redstem Springbeauty: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra (Synonyms: Montia perfoliata (in part), Montia rubra)

Cushion Miner's Lettuce, Erubescent Lettuce, Red Miner's Lettuce, Redstem Springbeauty: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra (Synonyms: Montia perfoliata (in part), Montia rubra)

The photo directly above was photographed along Rd 6600 at an elevation of 3100' on the southeastern side of Mt. Adams..........May 14, 2005.
Paul Slichter