Claytonia sibirica
Montiaceae
Candy Flower
Spreading to erect, with stolons that sometimes form new plants. Stems few to several. Foliage color varies from green to bronze. Basal leaves egg-shaped, with long petioles; stem leaves opposite, heart-shaped, sessile but not fused together. Flowers in open clusters of 1–3, each cluster with small elliptical bract at base. Petals 1/4–1/2 in., white with pink pencil markings. Grows in moist places in forests, streambanks, along coast and to mid-elevations. At upper elevations, growing in shaded swamps, seeps, and wet meadows, is similar C. cordifolia, which has no bracts below the inflorescence and has white flowers without pencil markings.
- Rarity: Locally Common
- Flowering Time: Mid Spring
- Flower Form: 5 or more petals, leaves often succulent, perslane
- Life Cycle: Annual, Perennial
- Height: 6–14 inches
- Habitat: Coastal, East-side Forest, Meadow, Vernal Wet, West-side Forest
- Found In: Columbia Basin, Mt. Rainier NP, N Cascades NP, Olympic NP, Siskiyous, Wallowas, West Gorge
- Native: Yes
- Also Known As: Siberian Miner's Lettuce
- Latin Synonyms: Montia sibirica
