Howell's Miner's-lettuce, Howell's Montia
Montia howellii
Synonyms: Claytonia howellii, Maxia howellii, Montiastrum howellii
![Howell's Miner's-lettuce, Howell's Montia: Montia howellii (Synonyms: Claytonia howellii, Maxia howellii, Montiastrum howellii)](howellii/howellii1a.jpg)
Unfortunately this photo is not very good, but this is the only time I've come across this species, so it does show the characteristic alternate leaves with the leaves linear-oblanceolate to linear-spatulate in shape. Photographed on the Rohrbacher property on a basalt outcrop at a small waterfall on a creek which descends to the mouth of Swale Canyon..............March 31, 2012.
Paul Slichter