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Claytonia perfoliata Donn ex Willd.    (Montia perfoliata (Donn) Howell)             Miner's Lettuce

Annual plant, 10-50 cm high, erect; basal leaves with long petioles, ovate to linear, to 3 cm broad; cauline leaves united forming a round or angled disk, 3-4 cm broad; flowers small, white, in racemes; seeds black and shiny; in sandy soil, open to shady spots, common.

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