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Portulacaceae                Purslane Family

Succulent herbs; leaves entire, alternate or opposite, sometimes rosulate; flowers usually showy, single to paniculate; sepals usually two, one smaller than the other; fruit circumsessile or valvate.  

 

Claytonia lanceolata

Claytonia perfoliata   (Montia perfoliata)

Claytonia sibirica  (Montia sibirica)