Rosy Miner's Lettuce Plant Care
Claytonia rosea Rydb.
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Claytonia rosea, commonly called Rocky Mountain spring beauty, western springbeauty or Madrean springbeauty, is a diminutive spring blooming ephemeral plant with pale pink to magenta flowers. It grows a small round tuberous root and it one of the earliest wildflowers of spring in its range.
Partial shade to full shade
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How do you care for Rosy Miner's Lettuce?
Rosy Miner's Lettuce grows best in partial shade to full shade.
Where Is the Rosy Miner's Lettuce Native To?
What Is the Rosy Miner's Lettuce?
Rosy Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia rosea) belongs to the Montiaceae family within the Claytonia genus. Rosy Miner's Lettuce is native to dry meadows in forests of ponderosa and Chihuahuan pines, and moist ledges of mountain slopes of the Beaver Dam Mountains of Utah, Colorado Front Range, and Sierra Madre Occidental, south and east to the Sierra Maderas del Carmen of Coahuila.
Rosy Miner's Lettuce displays a low rosette, spreading growth habit, reaching up to tall with a spread of approximately . Rosy Miner's Lettuce produces small, delicate white or pink flowers.
What Light Does the Rosy Miner's Lettuce Need?
Rosy Miner's Lettuce thrives in partial shade to full shade. Avoid placing Rosy Miner's Lettuce in direct, harsh sunlight for extended periods, as this can scorch the foliage.
Light Requirement
Partial shade to full shade
What Soil Mix Works Best for a Rosy Miner's Lettuce?
Moist, well-draining soil rich in organic matter. Good drainage is essential for Rosy Miner's Lettuce to prevent waterlogging, which leads to root rot and fungal issues.
How Do You Repot a Rosy Miner's Lettuce?
Repot every 1-2 years in early spring. Choose a pot one size larger than the current container, and ensure it has drainage holes to allow excess water to escape.
How Do You Propagate a Rosy Miner's Lettuce?
Rosy Miner's Lettuce can be propagated through seeds. Similar propagation techniques also apply to siberian miner's lettuce plant care, which shares the same genus.
Is the Rosy Miner's Lettuce Toxic to Pets and Children?
Pet safety not verified
The ASPCA does not list Rosy Miner's Lettuce, so we can't confirm whether it is safe for cats and dogs. Keep pets from chewing it as a precaution.
This is a general caution, not veterinary or medical advice. If your pet ate a plant, contact your vet or animal poison control.
See all plants toxic to cats and plants toxic to dogs.
What Pests and Diseases Affect the Rosy Miner's Lettuce?
Rosy Miner's Lettuce is susceptible to aphids, slugs, snails. Inspect the foliage regularly, especially along leaf undersides and stems. Treat infestations promptly with insecticidal soap or neem oil to prevent spread.
Yellow leaves, brown tips or drooping? See common plant problems and how to fix them.
Keep exploring plants
Rosy Miner's Lettuce is one of many species covered in the complete plant care and identification guide, which groups plants by genus, attribute, and popularity.
It belongs to the Claytonia genus — compare its care with other Claytonia species on PlantoScan.
Claytonia is part of the Montiaceae plant family — browse all Montiaceae genera and species.
Rosy Miner's Lettuce copes with lower light than most plants — browse the full list of low-light plants.
More Claytonia Species
Other Claytonia species in PlantoScan's care catalogue share similar watering, light, and soil preferences:
Sources
- Scientific name & taxonomy: Claytonia rosea Rydb., family Montiaceae (first published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 404 (1904)) — World Flora Online record, IPNI name record.
- Pet toxicity: Pet safety not verified: the ASPCA does not list Rosy Miner's Lettuce, so we can't confirm whether it is safe for cats and dogs. Checked against the ASPCA plant list; any other toxicity note on this page comes from PlantoScan's plant database.
- Care values(watering, light, temperature, humidity, soil, fertilizing): PlantoScan's plant database, filtered by automatic plausibility checks — values that fail them are hidden. How we source and check plant data.
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