Little-leaf Miner's-lettuce - Montia parvifolia
Other Names:
Claytonia parvifolia
Perennial, often mat-forming from a branched caudex. Stems erect to prostrate, 4–25 cm, producing bulblets instead of or in addition to the flowers. Leaves: basal leaves petiolate; the blade spatulate to oblanceolate, 5–25 mm long; stem leaves smaller, sessile, alternate, lanceolate. Flowers: petals pinkish, 5–12 mm long; sepals 2–3 mm long, unequal (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Wet, shallow soil along streams and on rock outcrops, talus slopes; valleys to subalpine (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).