Eastern Springbeauty

Claytonia virginica

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Botanical name
Claytonia virginica
Also known as
Eastern Spring Beauty, Eastern Springbeauty, Fairy Spud, Narrow-Leaved Spring Beauty, Purslane, Springbeauty, Virginia Spring Beauty, Virginia Springbeauty
Family
Montiaceae
Genus
Claytonia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Eastern Springbeauty

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Other names for this plant

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

Claytonia bodinii Claytonia cautiflora Claytonia grandiflora Claytonia media Claytonia media Claytonia multicaulis var. robusta Claytonia robusta Claytonia virginica f. hammondiae Claytonia virginica f. lutea Claytonia virginica f. micropetala Claytonia virginica f. robusta Claytonia virginica f. virginica Claytonia virginica var. graminifolia Claytonia virginica var. hammondiae Claytonia virginica var. latifolia Claytonia virginica var. media Claytonia virginica var. virginica

Others in Claytonia

Claytonia × washingtoniana
Claytonia acutifolia
Claytonia cordifolia
Broad-Leaved Spring Beauty
Claytonia eschscholtzii
Claytonia exigua subsp. glauca
Claytonia joanneana
Claytonia lanceolata
Western Spring-Beauty
Claytonia lanceolata var. multiscapa

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