There's a lot to love about claytonia, which is known botanically either as Claytonia perfoliata or Montia perfoliata. Call it what you will, it's beautiful. Each small round leaf is pierced in ...

Then comes miner’s lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata). Their slender green stems and lily-pad-shaped leaves fill out salads for weeks, a delicacy of gold miners who learned about this green from ...

And no wild salad green is more important than miner's lettuce, Claytonia perfoliata. I took a walk yesterday near Folsom, and within a mile I saw enough of the plant to feed a small town.

Foraging — the act of finding wild, edible food — is a lost art in modern society. It’s time for a revival. Foraging will of ...

A patch of Claytonia perfoliata, more commonly known as miner’s lettuce, spotted during a foraging basics class at Hidden Villa. Photo by Magali Gauthier. One of the best known edible wild ...

TheKitchn.com Many of us look forward to the arrival of spring farmers’ markets, but there’s another source of beautiful, seasonal greens: your own yard or local park! Plants such as da… ...

California Native of the Week: Miner’s lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) was named for its consumption by miners during the California gold rush.

Currently, there are many sections of my garden that burst with native Miner’s lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata), creating a lush path perimeter that will last for many months. What is the garden ...

Claytonia sibirica, commonly known as spring beauty and pink purslane, is a low-growing... Native shade perennial a delicate treat SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...