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Claytonia
Also called Springbeauty, Spring Beauty, Springbeauties, Spring Beauties
Claytonia, or spring beauty, is a genus of small, fleshy spring-flowering plants from Asia and North America, and the common garden species is miner's lettuce. It prefers moist soil and cool conditions, and grows best in spring and early summer.
Claytonia (spring beauty) is a genus of flowering plants native to Asia, North America, and Central America. The vitamin-rich leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, and the tubers can be prepared like potatoes.
The genus is primarily native to the mountain chains of Asia and North America. In the Old World, it is distributed northwest to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and eastern Russia. It is found in most of the northern United States, with some species located in Mexico and Guatemala.
The leaves of the spring beauty are rich in vitamins and can be eaten raw or cooked. The roots are in the form of tubers which can be cooked and eaten like potatoes.
Lanceleaf springbeauty · Miner's lettuce · Siberian springbeauty · Virginia springbeauty
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Claytonia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
