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🥬 Miner's Lettuce

Claytonia perfoliata
vegetables Annual Montiaceae
Miner's Lettuce plant photo
☀️ Sun
Partial Shade to Full Sun (cool)
💧 Water
Moderate
🗺️ Zones
5-9
🧪 Soil pH
5.5-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
Moist, rich
🚿 Drainage
Well-drained
📏 Spacing
4-6 in
📐 Height
4-12 in
Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone

🤝 Companions (6)

🤝 Asparagus
Early greens between asparagus rows
🤝 Fruit Trees
Winter/spring groundcover in orchard
🤝 Marigold
Universal garden companion
🤝 Nasturtium
Attracts pollinators

⚠️ Keep Apart (4)

⚠️ Mint
Mint overpowers delicate miner's lettuce
⚠️ Walnut
Juglone sensitive

📝 Growing Notes

California Gold Rush miners ate this to prevent scurvy. Unique round leaf pierced by stem. Self-seeds readily. Cool-season.

🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Botanical Interests True Leaf Market Burpee Territorial Seed Company

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