Montiaceae
Claytonia perfoliata subsp. intermontana
Claytonia perfoliata subsp. intermontana
Also known as Claytonia perfoliata var. viae, Claytonia perfoliata var. intermontana, Claytonia parviflora var. latior, Claytonia adsurgens
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Miners Lettuce · Claytonia · Cool Season · Native · Ground Cover · Part Shade · Wildflower · Self-Seeding · Mountain West
Intermontane miner's lettuce is a hardy cool-season perennial suited to part-shade woodland gardens and moist rocky slopes. It grows quickly in loose, well-drained soil and requires little care beyond regular watering during dry spells. It self-seeds generously and makes an attractive, low-growing ground cover in native plant gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to maintain even soil moisture; do not allow to dry out fully · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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