Howell's Miner's-lettuce, Howell's Montia
Montia howellii
Synonyms: Claytonia howellii, Maxia howellii, Montiastrum howellii
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