Claytonia 3771922 199971432 2008-03-22T01:35:10Z 166.70.238.44 {{Taxobox | name = ''Claytonia'' | image = Claytonia virginica.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Claytonia virginica'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Caryophyllales]] | familia = [[Portulacaceae]] | genus = '''''Claytonia''''' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }} '''''Claytonia''''' ('''Spring Beauty''') is a genus of 26 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Portulacaceae]], primarily native to [[North America]], with a few species extending south to [[Guatemala]] in [[Central America]], and northwest to northeastern [[Asia]]. A number of the species were formerly treated in the related genus ''[[Montia]]''. [[Claytonia perfoliata]], the species for which the term '''miner's lettuce''' was coined, is distributed throughout the Mountain West of North America in moist soils and prefers areas which have been recently disturbed. The species got its name due to its use as a fresh salad green by miners in the 1849 Gold Rush in California. ;Species *''[[Claytonia acutifolia]]'' *''[[Claytonia arctica]]'' *''[[Claytonia arenicola]]'' *''[[Claytonia caroliniana]]'' *''[[Claytonia cordifolia]]'' *''[[Claytonia exigua]]'' *''[[Claytonia gypsophiloides]]'' *''[[Claytonia lanceolata]]'' *''[[Claytonia megarhiza]]'' *''[[Claytonia multiscapa]]'' *''[[Claytonia nevadensis]]'' *''[[Claytonia ogilviensis]]'' *''[[Claytonia palustris]]'' *''[[Claytonia parviflora]]'' *''[[Claytonia perfoliata]]'' *''[[Claytonia rosea]]'' *''[[Claytonia rubra]]'' *''[[Claytonia sarmentosa]]'' *''[[Claytonia saxosa]]'' *''[[Claytonia scammaniana]]'' *''[[Claytonia sibirica]]'' *''[[Claytonia tuberosa]]'' *''[[Claytonia umbellata]]'' *''[[Claytonia virginica]]'' *''[[Claytonia washingtoniana]]'' ==External links== *[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=107275 Flora of North America: ''Claytonia''] * Edible and Medicinal plants of the West, Gregory L. Tilford, ISBN 0-87842-359-1 {{Caryophyllales-stub}} [[Category:Portulacaceae]] [[de:Tellerkräuter]] [[es:Claytonia]] [[hsb:Klajtonija]] [[it:Claytonia]] [[nl:Winterpostelein (geslacht)]] [[pt:Claytonia]]