Montiaceae
Miner's lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata
- Family
- Montiaceae
- Genus
- Claytonia
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (15)
- Croatian
- Bunarka
- Czech
- Batolka prorostlá
- Dutch
- Winterpostelein
- English
- Miner's lettuce, Spring beauty, Winter purslane, Indian lettuce
- Estonian
- Salati-klaitoonia
- Finnish
- Salaattikleitonia
- French
- Claytone de Cuba, Claytonie perfoliée
- German
- Gewöhnliches Tellerkraut, Tellerkraut, Winterportulak
- Icelandic
- Diskgrýta
- Indonesian
- Krokot musim dingin
- Persian
- خرفه زمستانی
- Slovak
- Portulaka zimná
- Swedish
- Vinterportlak
- Turkish
- Kış semiz otu
- Welsh
- Porpin y gwanwyn
Synonyms
- Claytonia cubensis Bonpl.
- Claytonia perfoliata subsp. perfoliata
- Claytonia perfoliata var. amplectens Greene
- Claytonia perfoliata var. angustifolia Greene
- Claytonia perfoliata var. carnosa Greene
- Claytonia perfoliata var. perfoliata
- Claytonia perfoliata var. spathulata Torr. ex W.H.Brewer & S.Watson
- Claytonia perfoliata var. viae (A.Nelson) Poelln.
- Claytonia spathulata Douglas
- Limnia angustifolia (Greene) Rydb.
- Limnia carnosa (Greene) A.Heller ex Rydb.
- Limnia mexicana Rydb.
- Limnia perfoliata (Donn ex Willd.) Haw.
- Limnia spathulata (Douglas ex Hook.) A.Heller
- Montia mexicana (Rydb.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Montia perfoliata (Donn ex Willd.) Howell
- Montia perfoliata f. angustifolia (Greene) J.T.Howell
- Montia spathulata (Douglas ex Hook.) Howell
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 3,632 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: larndesolen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: crothfels, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sarah DiGiorgio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Christian Kahle, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Folini assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Folini assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristiina Hurme, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Folini assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Claytonia
- Pink purslaneClaytonia sibiricaMontiaceae
- Virginia springbeautyClaytonia virginicaMontiaceae
- Carolina springbeautyClaytonia carolinianaMontiaceae
- Lanceleaf springbeautyClaytonia lanceolataMontiaceae
- Streambank springbeautyClaytonia parvifloraMontiaceae
- Heartleaf springbeautyClaytonia cordifoliaMontiaceae
- Serpentine springbeautyClaytonia exiguaMontiaceae
- Gypsum springbeautyClaytonia gypsophiloidesMontiaceae
- Jonesville springbeautyClaytonia palustrisMontiaceae
- Claytonia acutifoliaMontiaceae
- Alpine springbeautyClaytonia megarhizaMontiaceae
- Sierra springbeautyClaytonia nevadensisMontiaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.