Nederlands: Witte winterpostelein - Winterpostelein - Kleine winterpostelein
Español:
Français: Claytonie perfoliée - Claytone de Cuba - Pourpier d'hiver
Deutsch: Gewöhnliche Tellerkraut - Kuba-Spinat - Winterportulak - Postelein
Family: Portulacaceae - Purslane family
Flowering time: April-July
Height: 10-20cm
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Colour: white
Flower: petals 2–6 mm long
Leaves: in a rosette, oval, stalked, stem with one pair of leaves united in a whorl below the flowers
Habitat: dry light sandy soil, waste and disturbed ground, stabilized sand-dunes
Distribution: native to North America and West Indies and naturalized in Europe
Synonym: Montia perfoliata
Notes: Spring Beauty can be eaten as a leaf vegetable and is naturalized in Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Germany. In the Netherlands it was first recorded in 1863.
Related key words: Rotterdam, Botanische tuin Kralingen, Kapittelduinen Hoek van Holland
