Flowers 5–40, on stalks or sessile, white to pale pink, small. The leaves are bright green and can be football-shaped, triangular, diamond- or kidney-shaped. Leaves: This is the best way to tell the difference between the plants. Basal leaves few to many, oval or almost round, with stalks to 10 in. long; stem leaves 2, fused together to form a disk beneath flowers. Here’s how to spot the difference: Height: Wild lettuce grows taller than prickly lettuce. "Per" means "through" and foliata, refers to the foliage. See more ideas about Siberian, Lettuce, Plants. Miners Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) How to Identify Miners Lettuce. Edible. Miner's Lettuce. Wild lettuce (also known as Lactuca Virosa) is a plant where the leaves, sap, and seed are used to make medicine.This medicinal lettuce has been widely used since ancient Greece. There are several pests that attack leafy vegetables, and all can be categorized into flies, bugs, mites, worms, and mollusks. Description/Taste Miner’s lettuce is small in size consisting of slender, trailing vines that have round, disk-like leaves. Miner’s lettuce identification Miner’s lettuce is a fleshy annual with petite white and pink flowers. Stalk: Wild lettuce is thicker than prickly lettuce. Stems spreading or ascending. Perfoliata comes from Latin. Identification of Leaf miners. Miner's Lettuce - Claytonia perfoliata Edible plant - novice Other common names: Winter Purslane, Indian Purslane, Spring Beauty Scientific name meaning: Clayton is arrived from the name of a botanists in the 1600s - John Clayton. Family: Montiaceae. Look for a V-shaped leaf stem and pure white milky sap. Just two cups of miners lettuce has 33% of the daily recommended of Vitamin C, 22% of Vitamin A, and 10% iron per serving. (See Lettuce Labyrinth) All grow rank as they age, so it is best to harvest them between four and 12 inches high. Host plants for leaf miners can include beans, blackberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, lettuce, cabbage, peppers, citrus trees, aspens trees, shrubs, and a variety of ornamental flowers. The wild green got its name when early day gold miners … In 430 BC (2447 years ago) Hippocrates, known as the Father of Modern Medicine, wrote about the pain-relieving effects of the plant’s milky sap.By the 1800s, it had reached America. Also known as: Indian lettuce, spring beauty, and winter purslane.. Habitat: Disturbed and waste ground, moist banks and slopes, often in partial shade, especially on light soils.Also found on rather dry sandy soils. If you grow greens or planning to grow them, here are the most common pests of leaf vegetables, their prevention, control, and management. Mar 30, 2016 - Explore Melanie Martin's board "Siberian Miners Lettuce", followed by 273 people on Pinterest. As you can tell, they don’t pick one particular type of plant, which makes it harder to track these insects. Scientific Name: Claytonia perfoliata. Woodland Lettuce tends to have lobed leaves on bottom and grassy leaves on top. Check out these comparison pictures of lactuca virosa (wild lettuce) vs. lactuca serriola (prickly lettuce). The tender, crisp leaves average 2-15 centimeters in diameter and grow in a rosette pattern, changing shape from lance, heart-shaped, to rounded as the plant matures. There are many species of wild lettuce. This “wild lettuce” tastes quite a bit like spinach with a nice refreshing crunch to it. Wild lettuce has leaves which aren’t as divided and spread out more. It grows in a rosette form with several erect, slender, spreading stems.