Claytonia caroliniana
| Claytonia caroliniana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Montiaceae |
| Genus: | Claytonia |
| Species: | C. caroliniana |
| Binomial name | |
| Claytonia caroliniana Michx. 1803[1] | |
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Claytonia caroliniana, the Carolina springbeauty, is an herbaceous perennial in the family Montiaceae. It was formerly placed in the Portulacaceae. Its native range is eastern and central North America from Newfoundland west to Ontario, Minnesota, and the Ozarks and south as far as northern Alabama.[1][3]
Claytonia caroliniana is a perennial herb producing spherical underground tubers. Its flowers are white or pink, sometimes with the two colors together in stripes.[4][5][6][7] The tubers are edible.[8]
References
- 1 2 "Claytonia caroliniana". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
- ↑ The Plant List, Claytonia caroliniana Michx.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Flora of North America, Claytonia caroliniana Michaux, 1803. Carolina spring beauty
- ↑ Minnesota Wildflowers
- ↑ Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society
- ↑ Paul Smith's College, Adirondack Wildflowers: Carolina Springbeauty (Claytonia caroliniana)
- ↑ Gibbons, Euell. 1962. Stalking the wild asparagus. David McKay, New York.
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