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cushion miner's lettuce, erubescent lettuce, red miners lettuce

Habit Fleshy annuals, the stems 1-10 cm. tall.
Leaves

Basal leaves usually in flattened rosettes 0.5-6 cm. wide, the blades strongly reddish, narrowly rhombic to ovate, spatulate or ladle-shaped;

cauline leaves opposite, sessile, the blades ovate, distinct or united.

Flowers

Inflorescence a raceme, subtended by a leaf-like bract 0.5-15 mm. in diameter;

flowers 2-5 mm. in diameter;

sepals 2, 1.5-2.5 mm. long;

petals 5, white to pale pinkish, 2-3 mm. long;

stamens opposite the petals.

Fruits

Capsule 3-ovuled.

Claytonia rubra

Claytonia acutifolia

Flowering time April-July
Habitat Open areas from sea level to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
C. arenicola, C. cordifolia, C. exigua, C. lanceolata, C. megarhiza, C. multiscapa, C. parviflora, C. perfoliata, C. sibirica, C. umbellata, C. washingtoniana
C. arenicola, C. cordifolia, C. exigua, C. lanceolata, C. megarhiza, C. multiscapa, C. parviflora, C. perfoliata, C. rubra, C. sibirica, C. umbellata, C. washingtoniana
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