Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Claytonia perfoliata (Miner's Lettuce)

3/1/19 Walker Canyon Trail, Temescal Mountains, Lake Elsinore,
Riverside County, CA

3/24/17 Dripping Springs trailhead, Agua Tibia, 
Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA

3/6/05 South side of Hwy. 79 between call box and Wood Chuck Road (Temecula-Aguanga), Riverside County, CA 

3/24/19 Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Riverside County, CA



4/9/00 Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Riverside County, CA 


4/17/05 With a visiting Sara Orangetip butterfly, Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve


LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Miner's Lettuce

SPECIESClayton perfoliata

FAMILY: Montiaceae (Miner's Lettuce Family)

LIFE LIST DATE4/9/2000

LOCATION: Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Leaves: basal elliptic to round-deltate, tip obtuse to acute; cauline pair generally round or ± obtuse-angled

Ecology: Habitats and range (except s AZ to C.Am) of sp

Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province  

Distribution outside California: British Columbia, Montana, to c Arizona

Synonyms: Montia p. (Donn) Howell 

Polyploids are derived from hybridization with subsp. mexicana ,  C. parviflora ,  C. rub 

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