Claytonia caroliniana |
Claytonia arctica |
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Carolina spring-beauty |
arctic claytonia, arctic springbeauty |
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Habit | Plants perennial, with globose tubers 10–20 mm diam.; periderm 1–5 mm. | Plants perennial, with stout to slender, often fusiform, woody caudices; periderm 1–12 mm. |
Stems | 6–25 cm. |
1–10 cm. |
Leaves | 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. |
basal leaves petiolate, often dilated at base, blade spatulate to elliptic, 2–15 × 0.5–1 cm, thinly herbaceous, apex obtuse; cauline leaves sessile, blade elliptic or oval, 0.5–2 × 0.5–1 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1-bracteate (rarely with 2 bracts). |
ebracteate. |
Flowers | 8–12 mm diam.; sepals 3–5 mm; petals white, pink, or candy-striped, 6–10 mm; ovules 6. |
12–20 mm diam.; sepals 6–8 mm; petals yellow or white with yellow blotch at base, 10–12 × 3–8 mm; ovules 6. |
Seeds | 2–4 mm, shiny and smooth; elaiosome 1–2 mm. |
2–3 mm diam., shiny and smooth to tuberculate; elaiosome 1–2 mm. |
2n | = 16, 24, 25, 26, 27, 36, 38. |
= 10. |
Claytonia caroliniana |
Claytonia arctica |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jun. | Flowering Jun–Jul. |
Habitat | Wetlands and riparian hardwood forests | Snow beds in talus, rocks, and gravels |
Elevation | 0-1400 m (0-4600 ft) | 0-2000 m (0-6600 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; GA; IA; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; NC; NH; NY; PA; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC
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AK; Russia |
Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 467. | FNA vol. 4, p. 467. |
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Synonyms | C. caroliniana var. lewisii, C. caroliniana var. spatulifolia | |
Name authority | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 160. (1803) | Adams: Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 94. (1817) |
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