Edgewood is a compact, wildly diverse nature preserve in California's San Francisco Bay Area. You'll find it midway down the peninsula, just off the 280 Freeway in San Carlos.
Miner's Lettuce, Claytonia perfoliata, is a common San Francisco plant that thrives and blooms in the open space areas where I hike as well as the shade of my own backyard. It is munch'able, but I often wonder if the California gold miners of '49 were really into salad...
