Claytonia parviflora subsp. parviflora

Family: Montiaceae · Type: annual · Native

Miner's lettuce is a California native annual found in the California Floristic Province in vernally moist, often disturbed sites at elevations below 2,300 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces small white to pink flowers 2 to 6 millimeters long with delicate petals. Growing with slender stems that form a distinctive disk-like base where the cauline leaves fuse together, it typically reaches heights suitable for its low-growing habitat. Its basal leaves are linear in shape, creating a delicate groundcover in springtime landscapes. The tiny seeds measure 1.2 to 2.3 millimeters, characteristic of its diminutive yet resilient nature.

Habitat: Vernally moist, often disturbed sites

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: < 2300 m

Bioregions: CA-FP

California counties: Placer, Kern, Fresno, Los Angeles, Imperial, San Diego, Riverside, Orange, San Bernardino, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, El Dorado, Nevada, Butte, Marin, Colusa, Inyo, Lake, Mariposa, Mendocino, San Benito, Santa Barbara, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tulare, Shasta, Sierra, Amador, Yolo, Napa, Tuolumne, Sonoma, Modoc, Del Norte, Madera, Merced, Plumas, San Joaquin, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Alameda, Contra Costa, Glenn, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Siskiyou, Yuba, Humboldt, Sacramento, Kings, Solano

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.