Flora of North America species comparison

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Claytonia virginica

eastern spring beauty, fairy spud, Virginia spring-beauty
Habit 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.

Claytonia virginica
Phenology Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat Wetlands, seeps, moist woods, riparian hardwood forests, copses, bluffs, ravines, prairies
Elevation 0-1000 m (0-3300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; CT; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WI; WV; ON; QC
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 475.
Parent taxa Portulacaceae > Claytonia
Sibling taxa
C. acutifolia, C. arctica, C. arenicola, C. caroliniana, C. cordifolia, C. exigua, C. gypsophiloides, C. lanceolata, C. megarhiza, C. multiscapa, C. nevadensis, C. ogilviensis, C. palustris, C. parviflora, C. perfoliata, C. rosea, C. rubra, C. sarmentosa, C. saxosa, C. scammaniana, C. sibirica, C. tuberosa, C. umbellata, C. washingtoniana
Synonyms C. virginica var. hammondiae
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 204. (1753)
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