| Claytonia perfoliata
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| C. perfoliata subsp. perfoliata growing wild in Anacortes, Washington
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Eudicots
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| Order:
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Caryophyllales
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| Family:
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Montiaceae
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| Genus:
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Claytonia
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| Species:
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C. perfoliata
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| Binomial name
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Claytonia perfoliata
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| Subspecies
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- C. perfoliata subsp. intermontana
- C. perfoliata subsp. mexicana
- C. perfoliata subsp. perfoliata
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| Synonyms
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- Claytonia adsurgens (Suksd.) Holub
- Claytonia cubensis Bonpl.
- Claytonia platyphylla (Rydb.) Holub
- Claytonia tolucana Holub
- Limnia adsurgens (Suksd.) Rydb.
- Limnia angustifolia (Greene) Rydb.
- Limnia carnosa (Greene) A.Heller ex Rydb.
- Limnia cuprea A.Heller
- Limnia guadalupensis Rydb.
- Limnia membranacea Rydb.
- Limnia mexicana Rydb.
- Limnia perfoliata (Donn ex Willd.) Haw.
- Limnia platyphylla Rydb.
- Limnia viae (A.Nelson) A.Heller
- Montia mexicana (Rydb.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Montia perfoliata (Donn ex Willd.) Howell
- Montia platyphylla (Rydb.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Montia viae A.Nelson
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Claytonia perfoliata, commonly known as miner's lettuce or winter purslane, is a flowering plant in the family Montiaceae. It is an edible, fleshy, herbaceous, annual plant native to the western mountain and coastal regions of North America.