Montiaceae
Claytonia perfoliata subsp. mexicana
Claytonia perfoliata subsp. mexicana
Also known as Montia platyphylla, Limnia platyphylla, Claytonia platyphylla, Claytonia cubensis
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Miners Lettuce · Claytonia · Edible · Cool Season · Ground Cover · Shade · Native · Wildflower · Self-Seeding
Mexican miner's lettuce is a cool-season annual-like perennial that prefers moist, shaded to partly shaded spots with well-draining soil. It self-seeds readily and thrives with minimal intervention, making it a great low-maintenance ground cover. Keep the soil consistently moist and protect from hot afternoon sun to prolong its growing season.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil evenly moist; avoid drying out completely · 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, California, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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