Claytonia virginica

Claytonia virginica
Claytonia virginica
Eastern spring beauty at Radnor Lake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Portulacaceae
Genus: Claytonia
Species: C. virginica
Binomial name
Claytonia virginica
L.

Claytonia virginica, the Eastern spring beauty, Virginia spring beauty, or fairy-spuds, is a flowering plant in the family Portulacaceae, native to eastern North America[1]. It is found in moist woods and clearings. It is a trailing plant growing to 5-40 cm long. The leaves are slender lanceolate, 3-14 cm long and 5-13 mm broad, with a 6-20 cm long petiole. The flowers are 7-14 mm diameter, with five pale pink or white (rarely yellow) petals, flowering is between March and May. It is also a polyploid, having between 12 and 190 chromosomes[2]. Its scientific name honors Colonial Virginia botanist John Clayton (1694–1773).

External links

  1. ^ USDA Plants, http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CLVI3
  2. ^ Claytonia virginica, Flora of North America, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220002996

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