Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Claytonia virginica +
FAMILY
Montiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Spring-beauty at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Claytonia virginica +
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-01-001:
Claytonia virginica
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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 (11/30/12):
Claytonia virginica +
FAMILY
Montiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Claytonia virginica +
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-01-001:
Claytonia virginica
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
335
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & opposite (1 pair of stem leaves)
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
White/Pink
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
2 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p133
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p116
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p010
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p222
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p270
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p053
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p368
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p007
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p066
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p053
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p075
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p351
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p036