Claytonia × washingtoniana
Spring Beauty
Claytonia perfoliata
Donn ex Willd. Species
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- Botanical name
- Claytonia perfoliata
- Also known as
- Cuban-Spinach, Miner's-Lettuce, Spring Beauty, Springbeauty, Winter Purslane, Winter-Purslane
- Family
- Montiaceae
- Genus
- Claytonia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Spring Beauty
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Claytonia perfoliata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Claytonia cubensis
Claytonia perfoliata subsp. perfoliata
Claytonia perfoliata var. amplectens
Claytonia perfoliata var. angustifolia
Claytonia perfoliata var. carnosa
Claytonia perfoliata var. perfoliata
Claytonia perfoliata var. spathulata
Claytonia perfoliata var. viae
Claytonia spathulata
Limnia angustifolia
Limnia carnosa
Limnia mexicana
Limnia perfoliata
Limnia spathulata
Montia mexicana
Montia perfoliata
Montia perfoliata f. angustifolia
Montia spathulata
Others in Claytonia
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