Pink Purslane (Claytonia sibirica)

Family: Portulacaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Note: Montia sibirica is a synonym of Claytonia sibirica.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavour and are quite nice in a salad or cooked as a green vegetable. — Leaves - raw or cooked.; They usually have a fairly bland flavour and are quite nice in a salad or cooked as a green vegetable.; The leaves have a distinct earthy after-taste rather like raw beetroot.; They are available all year round but can turn rather bitter in the summer, especially if the plant is growing in a hot dry position.

Habitat & North American Range

Damp woods, shaded streamsides etc, especially on sandy acid soils. Thickets of red alder, dogwood, vine-leaf maple, moist shaded coniferous forests from sea level to 2000 metres. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7)