Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Claytonia virginica var. virginica
FAMILY
Montiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Spring-beauty at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Claytonia virginica var. virginica
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Claytonia virginica var. virginica
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Claytonia virginica
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Claytonia virginica var. acutiflora
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Claytonia virginica var. virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-01-001:
Claytonia virginica FAMILY Portulacaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Claytonia media
COMMON NAME:
Spring-beauty
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JK Marlow jkm170226_305
February Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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Jerry Bright jeb_031508_022
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Two sepals, each 4-9mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090321_106
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Leaves 3" long or more, narrow and long-tapering without an evident petiole, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
leaves of Spring Beauty species
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JK Marlow jkm120326_008
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
A loose raceme of 5-15 long-stalked flowers terminates the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_claytonia_virginica
March
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Bill Sharpton gws335_a
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Flowers pink-veined, borne in a loose raceme of 4-13 flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Harry Davis hld335_crw_9879
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Flowers veined with darker pink, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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JK Marlow jkm0504e_27
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_c_virginica_5359
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_virginica_acutiflor
April
Southern Spring-beauty (var. acutiflora) has leaves no broader than 1-2(-4)mm, per Weakley's Flora.
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Terry Gentry tmg_p4020037
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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Terry Gentry tmg_p4020066
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Claytonia virginica var. virginica
FAMILY
Montiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Claytonia virginica var. virginica
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Claytonia virginica var. virginica
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Claytonia virginica
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Claytonia virginica var. acutiflora
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Claytonia virginica var. virginica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-01-001:
Claytonia virginica
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Claytonia media
335
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, lawns, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains & Piedmont (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & opposite (1 pair of stem leaves)
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
White/Pink
Radially symmetrical
2 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p133
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p116
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p010
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p222
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p282
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p270
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p368
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p007
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p066
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p296
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p053
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p075
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p351
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p036
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