Plant Portrait

Scientific Name:

Claytonia virginica

Common Name:

Spring Beauty

Native/Alien:

Native

Type:

Perennial

Plant in Bloom

Notice the narrow leaves. Claytonia caroliniana has wider leaves.

Claytonia virginica plant

early April 2002 near Black Mountain

Closeup of Bloom

closeup of bloom

Seedpods

Here are the tiny seedpods, several weeks later.

seedpods

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record

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