Pink Purslane

Claytonia sibirica

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Botanical name
Claytonia sibirica
Also known as
Candy-Flower, Candyflower, Pink Purslane, Pink-Purslane, Siberian Miner's-Lettuce, Siberian Spring Beauty
Family
Montiaceae
Genus
Claytonia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Pink Purslane

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Claytonia sibirica but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Claytonia alsinoides Claytonia alsinoides var. rosea Claytonia assarifolia Claytonia bifida Claytonia bulbifera Claytonia sibirica f. albiflora Claytonia sibirica var. minor Claytonia sibirica var. sibirica Claytonia unalaschkensis Claytonia unalaschkensis var. heterophylla Limnia alsinoides Limnia bulbifera Limnia sibirica Montia bulbifera Montia sibirica Montia sibirica var. bulbifera Montia sibirica var. heterophylla

Others in Claytonia

Claytonia × washingtoniana
Claytonia acutifolia
Claytonia arctica
Claytonia caroliniana
Carolina Springbeauty
Claytonia caroliniana var. lewisii
Claytonia cordifolia
Broad-Leaved Spring Beauty
Claytonia eschscholtzii
Claytonia exigua
Pale Spring Beauty

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