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|accepted_name=Claytonia perfoliata
|accepted_authority=Donn ex Willdenow
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1186. 1798
|year=1798
}}
|common_names=Miner’s-lettuce
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Montia perfoliata
|authority=(Donn ex Willdenow) Howell
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Portulacaceae;Claytonia;Claytonia perfoliata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Portulacaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Claytonia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Claytonia perfoliata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 472
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual, with minute, tuberous bodies; periderm absent. <b>Stems</b> 5–50 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal leaves in suberect to erect, seldom flattened rosettes, petiolate, 1–30 cm, blade often with weak red pigmentation, broadly rhombic to deltate or reniform, 1–7 × 0.5–5(–6) cm, apex obtuse to apiculate, mucro 1–3 mm; cauline leaves sessile, blade perfoliate or cleft or notched, 10 cm diam. or less. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1-bracteate; bract leaflike, 0.5–15 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 3–10 mm; sepals 1.5–4 mm; petals pink or white, 2–5 mm; ovules 3. <b>Seeds</b> 2–5 mm, shiny and smooth; elaiosome 1–3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 12, 24, 36, 48, 60.</span><!--

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|distribution=B.C.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;N.Mex.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;Central America (Guatemala);adventive in Europe;Pacific Islands (New Zealand).
|discussion=<p>Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Basal leaf rosettes erect, 20-50 cm; cauline leaf pairs connate into perfoliate discs, blade margins entire; seeds 3-5 mm
|[[Claytonia perfoliata subsp. perfoliata|Claytonia perfoliata subsp. perfoliata]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Basal leaf rosettes suberect to flattened, 2-30 cm; cauline leaf pairs perfoliate, blade margins notched or deeply cleft; seeds 2-4 mm
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Basal leaf blades ovate to broadly rhombic, apex obtuse; leaf blades often beet red, gray-green, or purplish; epidermal gas pockets easily seen in field; seeds 3-4 mm
|[[Claytonia perfoliata subsp. intermontana|Claytonia perfoliata subsp. intermontana]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Basal leaf blades deltate, apex apiculate; leaf blades mostly green; not beet red; epidermal gas pockets usually not visible (except in populations of California Transverse Ranges); seeds 2-3 mm
|[[Claytonia perfoliata subsp. mexicana|Claytonia perfoliata subsp. mexicana]]
|}
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name=Claytonia perfoliata
|authority=Donn ex Willdenow
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Montia perfoliata
|basionyms=
|family=Portulacaceae
|distribution=B.C.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;N.Mex.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;Central America (Guatemala);adventive in Europe;Pacific Islands (New Zealand).
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1798
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Claytonia
|species=Claytonia perfoliata
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