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Claytonia virginica, the Virginia springbeauty, [2] eastern spring beauty, grass-flower [3] narrowleaf springbeauty [1] or fairy spud, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Montiaceae. [4] Its native range is eastern North America. [2] Its scientific name honors Colonial Virginian botanist John Clayton (1694–1773).
Claytonia (spring beauty) is a genus of flowering plants native to Asia, North America, and Central America. The vitamin-rich leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, ...
Claytonia rosea, commonly called Rocky Mountain spring beauty, [3] western springbeauty [4] or Madrean springbeauty, [5] 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. [6]
Claytonia caroliniana is a flowering, woodland perennial herb. [5] [4] It grows from March though June and is one of the earliest spring ephemerals. [4]The plant grows from spherical underground tubers in light humus.
This somewhat rare plant [2] is native to western North America, growing in the sagebrush steppe [3] and foothills up to alpine slopes. It thrives in the rocky soil of alpine climates where the snow never melts. [4] It is a perennial herb growing from a tuber one to three centimeters wide.
Claytonia rubra is a species of wildflower in the family Montiaceae known by the common names redstem springbeauty and erubescent miner's lettuce.It is native to western North America from southwestern Canada to the United States of America extending from The Black Hills and western slopes of the Rocky Mountains to the Cascade and Coast Range, Ochoco and Wallowa Mountains south to the Warner ...
Claytonia ogilviensis, common name Ogilvie Mountains spring beauty, is a plant endemic to the Ogilvie Mountains and the Dawson Range in the Yukon Territory of Canada.These mountains extend into Alaska, and one of the known populations is less than 1 km from the border, so it would not be surprising if the plant were to be found in Alaska as well.
The thick leaves are linear in shape and fingerlike near the base of the plant and crescent to disc-shaped farther up the stem. The plant is hairless and waxy and varies in color from green to pinkish, grayish, or brownish. The inflorescence holds several flowers on drooping pedicels which turn erect as the plant develops fruit. The flower has ...