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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Claytonia caroliniana
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=1: 160. 1803
|year=1803
}}
|common_names=Carolina spring beauty
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Claytonia caroliniana var. lewisii
|authority=McNeill
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Claytonia caroliniana var. spatulifolia
|authority=(Salisbury) W. H. Lewis
}}
|hierarchy=Portulacaceae;Claytonia;Claytonia caroliniana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Portulacaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Claytonia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Claytonia caroliniana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 466
|treatment_page=page 467
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, with globose tubers 10–20 mm diam.; periderm 1–5 mm. <b>Stems</b> 6–25 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal leaves 6–21, petiolate, blade elliptic or spatulate, 3–5 × 1–3 cm; cauline leaves abruptly petiolate, blade lanceolate to spatulate or ovate, 4–8 × 0.5–2.5 cm. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1-bracteate (rarely with 2 bracts). <b>Flowers</b> 8–12 mm diam.; sepals 3–5 mm; petals white, pink, or candy-striped, 6–10 mm; ovules 6. <b>Seeds</b> 2–4 mm, shiny and smooth; elaiosome 1–2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16, 24, 25, 26, 27, 36, 38.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Wetlands and riparian hardwood forests
|elevation=0-1400 m
|distribution=N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Conn.;Ga.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Claytonia caroliniana
|author=
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Claytonia caroliniana var. lewisii;Claytonia caroliniana var. spatulifolia
|basionyms=
|family=Portulacaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Wetlands and riparian hardwood forests
|elevation=0-1400 m
|distribution=N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Conn.;Ga.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=1803
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_926.xml
|genus=Claytonia
|species=Claytonia caroliniana
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