Higher Taxonomy
Common Name: MINER'S LETTUCE FAMILY Habit: Annual to perennial herb; generally fleshy. Stem: 1--many, generally glabrous. Leaf: simple, alternate or opposite. Inflorescence: axillary or terminal; cyme, raceme, panicle, umbel, or flower 1. Flower: bisexual, radial; sepals generally 2(9), free; petals (1)2--19, free or +- fused; stamens 1--many, epipetalous or not, anthers pink, rose, or yellow; ovary superior, chamber 1, ovules 1--many, placenta basal or free-central; styles (0)1--8, generally fused at base, branched. Fruit: capsule, circumscissile or 2--3-valved. Seed: 1--many, shiny or +- pebbly or sculptured, black or gray, generally with oil-filled appendage as food for ants. Genera In Family: +- 22 genera, +- 230 species: generally temperate America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Kerguelen Is, New Zealand, southern Africa, poorly represented in Europe; some cultivated (Lewisia, Calandrinia). Note: All CA genera previously included in Portulacaceae; details of flowers, seeds require 20× magnification. Unabridged Note: May include Hectorellaceae. eFlora Treatment Author: John M. Miller, except as noted Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
| Habit: Annual, perennial herb, from stolon, rhizome, tuberous root, or taproot, glabrous, +- fleshy. Leaf: entire; basal generally 0--many, rosetted; cauline generally 2, +- opposite, free, +- fused on 1 side, or fused into +- disk. Inflorescence: terminal, raceme, 1-sided; pedicel reflexed, in fruit erect. Flower: petals 5, pink or white; stamens 5; ovary chamber 1, placentas basal, style 1, stigmas 3. Fruit: valves 3, margins inrolling, forcibly expelling seeds. Seed: 3--6, generally black, generally appendaged. Species In Genus: 27 species: Central America, North America, eastern Asia, Siberia. Etymology: (John Clayton, colonial American botanist, 1694--1773) eFlora Treatment Author: John M. Miller & Kenton L. Chambers Reference: Miller & Chambers 2006 Syst Bot Monogr 78:1--236 Unabridged Reference: Miller 2003 FNANM 4:465--474; Miller & Chambers 1993 Novon 3:268--273; Miller & Chambers 2006 Systematics of Claytonia Syst Bot Monogr 78:1--236
| Common Name: MINER'S LETTUCE Habit: Annual. Stem: 1--40 cm, spreading to erect. Leaf: basal 1--25 cm, blade < 4 cm, < 3 × longer than wide, elliptic to reniform, tip rounded to acute, petiole linear; cauline fused into < 10 cm diam, round, +- obtuse-angled, or +- square disk (or free on 1 side). Inflorescence: stalked or not, open or dense, 1-bracted at base; flowers 5--40. Flower: sepals 1.5--5 mm; petals 2--6 mm, white or +- pink. Fruit: 1.5--4 mm. Seed: 1.2--2.7 mm, ovate to round, shiny, smooth. Note: Highly variable; subspecies difficult because of environmental modification of character states, genetic mixing among polyploids, and geographic overlap of distinct, self-pollinated forms.
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Claytonia perfoliata Willd. subsp. perfoliata
NATIVELeaf: basal elliptic to deltate, tip obtuse to acute (mucronate); cauline generally round or +- obtuse-angled. Chromosomes: 2n=24,36,48,60. Ecology: Vernally moist, often shady or disturbed sites; Elevation: < 1000 m. Bioregional Distribution: CA-FP; Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia, Montana, Utah, central Arizona. Flowering Time: Jan--May Note: Polyploids from hybrids with Claytonia perfoliata subsp. mexicana, Claytonia parviflora, Claytonia rubra. Synonyms: Montia perfoliata (Willd.) Howell Unabridged Note: Grown or collected as a salad plant.Jepson eFlora Author: John M. Miller & Kenton L. Chambers Reference: Miller & Chambers 2006 Syst Bot Monogr 78:1--236 Unabridged Reference: Miller 2003 FNANM 4:465--474; Miller & Chambers 1993 Novon 3:268--273; Miller & Chambers 2006 Systematics of Claytonia Syst Bot Monogr 78:1--236Jepson Online Interchange
Previous taxon: Claytonia perfoliata subsp. mexicanaNext taxon: Claytonia rubra
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Citation for this treatment: John M. Miller & Kenton L. Chambers 2012, Claytonia perfoliata subsp. perfoliata, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=49921, accessed on February 18, 2019.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2019, Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on February 18, 2019.
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Geographic subdivisions for Claytonia perfoliata subsp. perfoliata:
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