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Douglas Houck | profile | all galleries >> Flora >> Wild Flowers >> Wildflowers of Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont >> Claytonia virginica tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Claytonia virginica

Common Names: Virginia Springbeauty, Eastern Spring Beauty, Narrow-leaved Spring Beauty, Fairy Spud

USDA lists five varieties, ITIS lists four varieties as synonyms.

Note five pink to white petals with dark pink/purple veins with five stamens the same dark pink color. Single pair of opposite very narrow mid-stem leaves. Similar to C. caroliniana whose leaves are shorter and broader

Piedmont, SC
TRAIL: Wine Creek
HABITAT: mixed forest
ELEVATION: 60 m (190 ft)
BLOOM TIME: 26-MAR
Claytonia virginica
Claytonia virginica		 Claytonia virginica
Claytonia virginica

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