Miner's lettuce, Claytonia perfoliata Willd., native
- a dicot in the Portulacaceae family -
Miner's lettuce is an edible herb, spring bloom
Occasional in damp, shady soil along trails. Blooms in March.
Miner's lettuce is rather "scrawny" on the preserve.
It can get pretty large in other areas.

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