A useful winter salad herb, crunchy succulent texture, mild flavor. Gained its common name Miner's Lettuce in the Gold Rush years. Good re-growth after first cut. Although the leaves are small, they grow in abundance. The small boiled and peeled root has the flavor of chestnuts. Leaves are a gentle laxative, rich in...
A useful winter salad herb, crunchy succulent texture, mild flavor. Gained its common name Miner's Lettuce in the Gold Rush years. Good re-growth after first cut. Although the leaves are small, they grow in abundance. The small boiled and peeled root has the flavor of chestnuts. Leaves are a gentle laxative, rich in vitamin C. Also known as Claytonia and Winter Purslane. Tags: Color: Green, Season: Spring Fall Winter, Seed: Safe Seed Pledge.
It is widely naturalized in western Europe. Also, native to the coast and mountains of the Pacific Northwest from Alaska to California. It was introduced there in the eighteenth century, possibly by the naturalist Archibald Menzies, who brought it to Kew Gardens in 1794.