Claytonia perfoliata...
Once called Montia sp. or Miner's lettuce
.. this lush succulent is often one of the earliest
..... and one of the latest depending on micro-site
....... and always welcome in my salads...
Claytonia lanceolata...
Lanceleaf spring beauty or candy-flower
.. I love these greens with their blooms
..... and when ambitious dig the small round corms
...... like fresh ground water-chestnuts...
I have collected pounds of these corms
.. from pocket gophers' subnivean caches
..... as the snow melts off, clearly storeable fresh
....... and excellent boiled, baked, dried and ground
r.anderson 30Jan2011
