Claytonia perfoliata Donn ex Willd. syn. Claytonia cubensis Bonpl.; Limnia perfoliata (Donn ex Willd.) Haw.; Montia perfoliata (Donn ex Willd.) Howell - Montiaceae - miner's lettuce, winter purslane, **Gewöhliches Tellerkraut**, Winterportulak, Kuba-Spinat, Winterpostelein

"The common name of miner's lettuce refers to how the plant was used by miners during the California Gold Rush, who ate it to prevent scurvy. It is in season in April and May, and can be eaten as a leaf vegetable. The entire plant is edible, except the roots, and it provides vitamin C. Most commonly, it is eaten raw in salads, but it is not quite as delicate as cultivated lettuce. Sometimes, it is boiled like spinach, which it resembles in taste and chemical composition. Caution should be used because wild C. perfoliata can sometimes accumulate toxic amounts of soluble oxalates (also present in spinach)." [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytonia_perfoliata]]

The plant owns a green and earthy aroma, resembling the leaves of [[[[spinacia_oleracea_l|spinach]].


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Claytonia perfoliata, Jan Kops (1765–1849), F.W.van Eeden, Flora Batava of Afbeelding en Beschrijving van Nederlandsche Gewassen, vol.14 (1872) [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Claytonia_perfoliata_%E2%80%94_Flora_Batava_%E2%80%94_Volume_v14.jpg|wikimedia commons]] PD ([[https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.de|CC0]]) 

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C.perfoliata in culture, [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/|CC BY-SA 3.0]], Author: Andreas Kraska