Claytonia virginica
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Claytonia virginica |
| Common name: | Virginia spring beauty |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Portulacaceae (Purslane) |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | Stems are 6 to 12 inches long, with a deep, tuberous root |
| Foliage: | Cauline leaves opposite, linear, glabrous, entire, sessile |
| Flower: | white or pink with darker veins, 1/2 to 7/8 inches broad, two to forty flowering stems |
| Flowering time: | early April to mid-May; fruits early May to mid-June |
| Habitat: | rich, moist low woodlands and along streams, thickets and clearings |
| Range in New Jersey: | throughout the state, less abundant in the Pines and southward |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
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