familyPortulacaceae
genusClaytonia
speciesClaytonia virginica

Claytonia virginica

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 204. 1753.

John M. Miller
Common names: Eastern spring beauty
WeedyIllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Claytonia virginica var. hammondiae (Kalmbacher) J. J. Doyle W. H. Lewis & D. B. Snyder
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 475. Mentioned on page 466, 476.
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Illustrator: Barbara Alongi

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Plants perennial, with globose tubers 10–200 mm diam.; periderm 0–0.5 mm. Stems 5–40 cm. Leaves: basal leaves petiolate 6–20 cm, blade linear, 3–14 × 0.5–1.3 cm; cauline leaves sessile, blade linear, 1–10 cm, tapered to slender base. Inflorescences 1-bracteate, rarely with 2 or more bracts; bracts reduced apically, scalelike. Flowers 5–12 mm diam.; sepals 5–7 mm; petals white to pinkish or rose (rarely yellow or orange) or white with pink-lavender candy-stripes, 7–14 mm; ovules 6. Seeds 2–3 mm diam., shiny and smooth; elaisome 1–2 mm. 2n = 12–190.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat: Wetlands, seeps, moist woods, riparian hardwood forests, copses, bluffs, ravines, prairies
Elevation: 0-1000 m

Distribution

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Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Selected References

Lewis, W. H. and J. C. Semple. 1977. Geography of Claytonia virginica cytotypes. Amer. J. Bot. 64: 1078–1082.

Rothwell, N. V. 1959. Aneuploidy in Claytonia virginica. Amer. J. Bot. 46: 353–360.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
12 +  and 190 +
Apex shape
obtuse +  and apiculate +
Attachment point arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Author
John M. Miller +
Authority
Linnaeus +
Basal leaf architecture
petiolate +
Basal leaf quantity
few;several +
Basal leaf some measurement
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
Basionyms
Claytonia virginica var. hammondiae +
Blade arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Blade length
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
Blade margin architecture or shape
entire +
Blade margin shape
occasionally dentate;crisped +
Blade shape
tapered +
Blade some measurement
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Blade width
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (?) +
Bract architecture or shape
leaflike +
Bract shape
scale-like +
Bract size
reduced +
Bract texture
membranous +
Capsule architecture
3-valved +
Capsule dehiscence
dehiscent +
Caudex texture
woody +
Cauline leaf architecture
sessile +
Cauline leaf arrangement
whorled +  and opposite +
Cauline leaf fusion
connate +, or +  and distinct +
Cauline leaf quantity
3 (?) +  and 2 (?) +
Common name
Eastern spring beauty +
Distribution
Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
Elaiosome coloration
white +
Elaisome some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Elevation
0-1000 m +
Flower architecture
solitary +
Flower architecture or course
irregular +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower diameter
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Flower prominence
showy +
Form quantity
multiple +
Fruit architecture
capsular +
Gynoecium architecture
2-9-carpelled +
Habitat
Wetlands, seeps, moist woods, riparian hardwood forests, copses, bluffs, ravines, prairies +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Barbara Alongi +
Individual quantity
single +
Inflorescence architecture
1-bracteate +
Inflorescence arrangement
racemose +
Inflorescence position
terminal +  and axillary +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Inflorescence shape
spikelike +
Leaf architecture
not articulate +
Leaf architecture or fixation
clasping +
Leaf arrangement
subrosulate +, rosulate +, alternate +, subopposite +  and opposite +
Leaf position
cauline +  and basal +
Margin architecture
hygroscopic +
Margin shape or vernation
involute +
Node pubescence
glabrous +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture
plurilocular +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovary quantity
1 +
Ovary shape
globose +
Ovule placentation
1-many +
Ovule quantity
6 +
Periderm some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
Petal atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Petal coloration
white +  and pinkish or rose or white +
Petal fusion
connate +  and distinct +
Petal presence
absent +
Petal quantity
5 +
Petal some measurement
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering Mar–Apr. +
Publication title
Sp. Pl. +
Publication year
1753 +
Reference
lewis1977a +  and rothwell1959a +
Root architecture
branched +
Root shape
capillary +
Root texture
fibrous +
Seed architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Seed atypical quantity
1 (3) +
Seed coloration
black +
Seed density
dispersed +
Seed diameter
2mm;3mm +
Seed quantity
3 +  and 6 +
Seed reflectance
shiny +
Seed relief
smooth +  and tuberculate +
Seed shape
rounded +
Sepal architecture or shape
leaflike +
Sepal duration
persistent +
Sepal quantity
2;9 +
Sepal size
unequal +
Sepal some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Source xml
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Special status
Weedy +, Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Stamen arrangement
opposite +
Stamen fusion
adnate +
Stamen quantity
5 +
Stem location
aerial +
Stem orientation
decumbent +  and erect +
Stem some measurement
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
Stems tuber location
subterranean +
Stigma quantity
3 +
Style architecture
branched +
Style presence
absent +
Style quantity
1 +
Synonyms
Belia +  and Limnia +
Taxon family
Portulacaceae +
Taxon name
Claytonia virginica +
Taxon parent
Claytonia +
Taxon rank
species +
Tuber diameter
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
Tuber shape
globose +
Valve duration
not deciduous +
Volume
Volume 4 +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism texture
fleshy +  and succulent +
X chromosome quantity
8 +, 7 +, 6 +  and 5 +