Portulacaceae Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

Miner's Lettuce

Diegueno - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 17

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Scientific name: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
USDA symbol: CLPEP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Miner's Lettuce
Family: Portulacaceae
Family (APG): Portulacaceae
Native American Tribe: Diegueno
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Young leaves, picked in the spring before the flowers appear, boiled once and eaten as greens.

RECRD: 2443 id: 10154

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