winter purslane

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winter purslane

An annual plant (Claytonia perfoliata) of western North America, having small white flowers and fleshy leaves sometimes eaten in salads. Also called miner's lettuce.

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winter purslane - succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb; grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America

Cuban spinach, miner's lettuce, Montia perfoliata

Indian lettuce - a plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves

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Rocket and lamb's lettuce can be sown in most situations, while winter purslane prefers lighter soil.

Good enough to eat - autumn salads

YOU can sow rocket and other summer lettuces, oriental vegetables and winter purslane now for eating in autumn - and it couldn't be easier.

Autumn salads

Choose hardy lettuce varieties such as Arctic King or Valdor and sow them in short shallow rows every four weeks alongside radicchio, endive, winter purslane, corn salad and land cress.