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Claytonia caroliniana

Carolina spring-beauty
Habit Plants perennial, with globose tubers 10–20 mm diam.; periderm 1–5 mm.
Stems

6–25 cm.
Leaves

basal leaves 6–21, petiolate, blade elliptic or spatulate, 3–5 × 1–3 cm;

cauline leaves abruptly petiolate, blade lanceolate to spatulate or ovate, 4–8 × 0.5–2.5 cm.
Inflorescences

1-bracteate (rarely with 2 bracts).
Flowers

8–12 mm diam.;

sepals 3–5 mm;

petals white, pink, or candy-striped, 6–10 mm;

ovules 6.
Seeds

2–4 mm, shiny and smooth;

elaiosome 1–2 mm.
2n

= 16, 24, 25, 26, 27, 36, 38.

Claytonia caroliniana
Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat Wetlands and riparian hardwood forests
Elevation 0-1400 m (0-4600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CT; GA; IA; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; NC; NH; NY; PA; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 467.
Parent taxa Portulacaceae > Claytonia
Sibling taxa
C. acutifolia, C. arctica, C. arenicola, C. cordifolia, C. exigua, C. gypsophiloides, C. lanceolata, C. megarhiza, C. multiscapa, C. nevadensis, C. ogilviensis, C. palustris, C. parviflora, C. perfoliata, C. rosea, C. rubra, C. sarmentosa, C. saxosa, C. scammaniana, C. sibirica, C. tuberosa, C. umbellata, C. virginica, C. washingtoniana
Synonyms C. caroliniana var. lewisii, C. caroliniana var. spatulifolia
Name authority Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 160. (1803)
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