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Claytonia perfoliata, commonly known as miner's lettuce, rooreh, Indian lettuce, or winter purslane, is a flowering plant in the family Montiaceae. It is an edible, fleshy, herbaceous , annual plant native to the western mountain and coastal regions of North America.
Montia parvifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common names little-leaf miner's lettuce, [2] small-leaved blinks [3] and small-leaved montia. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to Montana , where it grows in moist to wet areas in several types of mountain habitat.
Montia perfoliata, now Claytonia perfoliata, the species for which the term miner's lettuce was coined, is distributed throughout the Mountain West of North America in moist soils and prefers areas which have been recently disturbed. The species got its name due to its use as a fresh salad green by miners in the 1849 California Gold Rush. [7]
Claytonia perfoliata, the species for which the term miner's lettuce was coined, ...
Claytonia sibirica is a flowering plant in the family Montiaceae, commonly known as pink purslane, candy flower, Siberian spring beauty or Siberian miner's lettuce. [1] A synonym is Montia sibirica. It is native to Aleutian Islands and western North America and has been introduced into parts of Europe and Scandinavia. Pink purslane in full flower.
Lactuca virosa. Lactuca virosa is a plant in the Lactuca (lettuce) genus, often ingested for its mild analgesic and sedative effects. [2] It is related to common lettuce (), and is often called wild lettuce, bitter lettuce, laitue vireuse, opium lettuce, poisonous lettuce, tall lettuce, great lettuce [3] or rakutu-karyumu-so.
Montia linearis is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common names narrowleaf miner's lettuce and narrow-leafed montia.It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it grows in moist to wet areas in a number of habitat types, including forests and meadows, woodlands and grassland.
Read on to learn more about the different types of lettuce you should add to your plate, and how to enjoy them in salads and beyond. Related: 38 Best Homemade Salad Dressing Recipes.