Claytonia caroliniana |
Claytonia umbellata |
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Carolina spring-beauty |
Great Basin claytonia, Great Basin springbeauty, umbellate springbeauty |
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Habit | Plants perennial, with globose tubers 10–20 mm diam.; periderm 1–5 mm. | Plants perennial, with globose tubers 10–50 mm diam., mature plants rhizomatous; periderm 5–20 mm. |
Stems | 6–25 cm. |
2–25 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 somtimes absent, petiolate, 5–25 cm, blade elliptic to rhombic, 1–3 × 0.2–2 cm; cauline leaves petiolate, blade elliptic to ovate 1.5–5 × 1–3 cm, abruptly tapered at base. |
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. |
8–14 mm diam.; sepals 5–7 mm; petals pink to magenta, 6–12 mm; ovules 6. |
Seeds | 2–4 mm, shiny and smooth; elaiosome 1–2 mm. |
1–2 mm, smooth and shiny; elaiosome 1 mm or less. |
2n | = 16, 24, 25, 26, 27, 36, 38. |
= 16. |
Claytonia caroliniana |
Claytonia umbellata |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jun. | Flowering May–Aug. |
Habitat | Wetlands and riparian hardwood forests | North- and east-facing talus and scree slopes of drier mountain areas, subalpine coniferous forests |
Elevation | 0-1400 m (0-4600 ft) | 100-3000 m (300-9800 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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CA; OR
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 467. | FNA vol. 4, p. 475. |
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Synonyms | C. caroliniana var. lewisii, C. caroliniana var. spatulifolia | |
Name authority | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 160. (1803) | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 43, plate 6, figs. 4, 5. (1871) |
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