This wonderful little plant is called "miner's lettuce." In 1849, during the California gold rush, it helped keep the miner's from starving. After a harsh winter without many vegetables and greens it may have been the only thing that kept many of them from getting scurvy. The leaves are highly nutritious with lots of vitimin C. They remind me a lot of spinach with how thick the leaves are. A very tasty addition to a salad, if your fortunate enough to have some in your area. It has a slightly nutty flavor, like a sunflower seed. When it just starts to flower is the easiest time to spot it. That happens very late in the winter and early spring. 
The west coast in North America is it's native habitat. From Baja California all the way to British Columbia, it grows in woodlands and pastures. It seems to like moist shady areas without much disturbance. I've never had much luck cultivating it in the garden, but it grows wild everywhere else in the yard. Claytonia Perfoliata is the botanical name in case you want to look for seeds or more information. 
Please don't ever eat any wild food or mushrooms unless you are 100% sure it is edible. Having an expert in your local area as a guide would be ideal. I'm sure the native tribes of California showed the miners this type of lettuce. Either that or hunger drove them to try it. Anytime I'm hiking in the woods I will forage on it. My mother taught me when I was a child what was edible and what was poisonous. Gardening and foraging are a undervalued long term survial technique, in my opinion. I've been avidly saving seeds for around twenty years now. The dollar store had a couple types of radishes I added to my stash today. 
Hopefully you guy's have some tasty wild food in your area. Can't wait till the summertime and the blackberries are in season. Maybe I'll get to see my first bear this year. They love the berries too. In the mean time I'll just munch on some of this amazing Miner's Lettuce. As always upvotes, resteems, and every follower is appreciated.
Wow! I see this plant for the first time in my life! It is very beautiful. We grow wild sorrel and sometimes we cook soup from it.
Glad to share something new with you. It is really beautiful. I love the little flowers. I bet your soup is amazing. This would probably be good in a soup as well. I'll have to give that a try...
After noting an abundance of purslane growing in our garden we decided to grow some miner's lettuce since they are related. Another name for miner's lettuce is winter purslane. It did fairly well. It likes cooler, shadier locations.
That purslane grows like crazy around here too. It's pretty tasty too, but I prefer the miners lettuce.
It's always nice to see new plats and learn about their life and nutritional value. This plant is new to me.
I don't too many people know about this one even in California where it grows wild everywhere. Glad you enjoyed reading about this one.
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Nice write up. We are losing a lot of natural knowledge. What berries to eat, what greens to eat, what tree barks make a healing tee, what branches make good bows, what one make good arrow, what grasses to use for string, all the "Fox Fire" stuff we learned as a kid, from parents and grandparents. People are lucky that there are still some who want to pass the information on.
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It is a shame how much knowledge is being forgotten. Sometimes a bit more nature and a lot less technology is a good thing. I need to plan a camping trip lol...
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