Claytonia virginica

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 204. 1753.

Common names: Eastern spring beauty
WeedyIllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Claytonia virginica var. hammondiae (Kalmbacher) J. J. Doyle W. H. Lewis & D. B. Snyder
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 475. Mentioned on page 466, 476.

Plants perennial, with globose tubers 10–200 mm diam.; periderm 0–0.5 mm. Stems 5–40 cm. Leaves: basal leaves petiolate 6–20 cm, blade linear, 3–14 × 0.5–1.3 cm; cauline leaves sessile, blade linear, 1–10 cm, tapered to slender base. Inflorescences 1-bracteate, rarely with 2 or more bracts; bracts reduced apically, scalelike. Flowers 5–12 mm diam.; sepals 5–7 mm; petals white to pinkish or rose (rarely yellow or orange) or white with pink-lavender candy-stripes, 7–14 mm; ovules 6. Seeds 2–3 mm diam., shiny and smooth; elaisome 1–2 mm. 2n = 12–190.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat: Wetlands, seeps, moist woods, riparian hardwood forests, copses, bluffs, ravines, prairies
Elevation: 0-1000 m

Distribution

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Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Lower Taxa

None.
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John M. Miller +
Linnaeus +
Claytonia virginica var. hammondiae +
Eastern spring beauty +
Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
0-1000 m +
Wetlands, seeps, moist woods, riparian hardwood forests, copses, bluffs, ravines, prairies +
Flowering Mar–Apr. +
lewis1977a +  and rothwell1959a +
Weedy +, Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Belia +  and Limnia +
Claytonia virginica +
Claytonia +
species +