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Miner's Lettuce named so because the California Gold rushers would eat this to prevent scurvy Claytonia perfoliata,Geotagged,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Miner's Lettuce

named so because the California Gold rushers would eat this to prevent scurvy

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''Claytonia perfoliata'' is a fleshy annual plant native to the western mountain and coastal regions of North America from southernmost Alaska and central British Columbia south to Central America, but most common in California in the Sacramento and northern San Joaquin valleys.

Similar species: Pinks, Cactuses, And Allies
Species identified by morpheme
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By morpheme

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Uploaded Apr 1, 2016. Captured Mar 31, 2016 11:13 in 15401-15461 Kiket Island Rd, La Conner, WA 98257, USA.
  • X-E1
  • f/1.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO200
  • 50mm