Claytonia sarmentosa |
Claytonia caroliniana |
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Alaska spring-beauty, creeping spring beauty |
Carolina spring-beauty |
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Habit | Plants perennial, with minute, tuberous body, producing rhizomes and stolons; rhizomes 0.5–3 mm diam.; periderm absent. | Plants perennial, with globose tubers 10–20 mm diam.; periderm 1–5 mm. |
Stems | 1–20 cm. |
6–25 cm. |
Leaves | basal leaves 1–15 cm, blade elliptic to spatulate, 1–8 × 1–2 cm; cauline leaves sessile, blade lanceolate to ovate, 2 times or less longer than broad, 1–2 cm. |
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. |
Inflorescences | ebracteate. |
1-bracteate (rarely with 2 bracts). |
Flowers | 15–20 mm diam.; sepals 6–8 mm; petals pink to magenta with yellow blotch at base, 10–16 mm; ovules 6. |
8–12 mm diam.; sepals 3–5 mm; petals white, pink, or candy-striped, 6–10 mm; ovules 6. |
Seeds | (1–)6, 2–4 mm, shiny and smooth; elaiosome prominent, 2–3 mm. |
2–4 mm, shiny and smooth; elaiosome 1–2 mm. |
2n | = 10, 12, 16, 24. |
= 16, 24, 25, 26, 27, 36, 38. |
Claytonia sarmentosa |
Claytonia caroliniana |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Mar–Jun. |
Habitat | Moist tundra and meadows | Wetlands and riparian hardwood forests |
Elevation | 0-2000 m (0-6600 ft) | 0-1400 m (0-4600 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; BC; YT; Russia |
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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Discussion | Claytonia sarmentosa reproduces almost entirely from stolons and rhizomes. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 474. | FNA vol. 4, p. 467. |
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Synonyms | Montia sarmentosa | C. caroliniana var. lewisii, C. caroliniana var. spatulifolia |
Name authority | C. A. Meyer: Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 1: 137. (1829) | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 160. (1803) |
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