Claytonia caroliniana |
Claytonia nevadensis |
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Carolina spring-beauty |
Sierra Nevada claytonia, Sierra Spring beauty |
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Habit | Plants perennial, with globose tubers 10–20 mm diam.; periderm 1–5 mm. | Plants perennial, rhizomatous; rhizome 4–8 mm diam.; periderm 5–15 mm. |
Stems | 6–25 cm. |
3–10 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. |
basal leaves sessile, blade spatulate to rhombic or ovate, 2–10 × 0.2–3 cm; cauline leaves sessile, blade ovate, 0.5–2 × 0.2–0.5 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1-bracteate (rarely with 2 bracts). |
ebracteate. |
Flowers | 8–12 mm diam.; sepals 3–5 mm; petals white, pink, or candy-striped, 6–10 mm; ovules 6. |
12–16 mm diam.; sepals 2–3 mm; petals pink to magenta, 8–12 mm; ovules 6. |
Seeds | 2–4 mm, shiny and smooth; elaiosome 1–2 mm. |
(1–)6, 2–3 mm, shiny and smooth; elaiosome 1 mm or less. |
2n | = 16, 24, 25, 26, 27, 36, 38. |
= 14. |
Claytonia caroliniana |
Claytonia nevadensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jun. | Flowering May–Aug. |
Habitat | Wetlands and riparian hardwood forests | Mountain fell-fields |
Elevation | 0-1400 m (0-4600 ft) | 2000-3500 m (6600-11500 ft) |
Distribution |
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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CA; NV; OR
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 467. | FNA vol. 4, p. 470. |
Parent taxa | Portulacaceae > Claytonia | Portulacaceae > Claytonia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. caroliniana var. lewisii, C. caroliniana var. spatulifolia | Montia nevadensis |
Name authority | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 160. (1803) | S. Watson: in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California 1: 77. (1876) |
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