Plant Details

Accepted name:: Claytonia perfoliata Donn ex Willd. [Montiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Claytonia perfoliata subsp. intermontana John M.Mill. & K.L.Chambers

Claytonia perfoliata subsp. mexicana (Rydb.) John M.Mill. & K.L.Chambers

Claytonia perfoliata subsp. perfoliata

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
blinks	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
miner's lettuce	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
purslane	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
winter purslane	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Montia perfoliata (Donn ex Willd.) Howell Erythea 1: 38 (1893).
Limnia perfoliata (Donn ex Willd.) Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 12 (1812).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Claytonia perfoliata	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Claytonia perfoliata Donn ex Willd.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Claytonia perfoliata Donn ex Willd. ssp. perfoliata var. perfoliata	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Claytonia perfoliata Donn ex Willd. subsp. perfoliata	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Montia perfoliata	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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