Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Claytonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Montiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Carolina Spring-beauty at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Claytonia caroliniana var. caroliniana
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Claytonia caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Claytonia caroliniana
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Claytonia caroliniana var. caroliniana
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Claytonia caroliniana var. lewisii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-01-002:
Claytonia caroliniana FAMILY Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Claytonia caroliniana
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Spring-beauty
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_caroliniana_3
February
Showy, pink-veined flowers borne in a loose raceme of 2-18 flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_claytonia_caroliniana
March
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JK Marlow jkm070422_006
April Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm070422_015
April Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm070422_035
April Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaf blade 1.5-7cm x 1.5-3.5cm, clearly differentiated from the petiole, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
leaves of Spring Beauty species
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JK Marlow jkm140419_400
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_c_caroliniana_1885
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_c_caroliniana_1914
April Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Tim Spira tps_ccaroliniana
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_caroliniana_c
July
Sepals persistent, leaflike, unequal, 3-5mm, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Claytonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Montiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Claytonia caroliniana var. caroliniana
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Claytonia caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Claytonia caroliniana
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Claytonia caroliniana var. caroliniana
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Claytonia caroliniana var. lewisii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 070-01-002:
Claytonia caroliniana
FAMILY
Portulacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Claytonia caroliniana
334
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, especially northern hardwood forests and cove forests at moderate to high elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, rare in GA
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & opposite (1 pair of stem leaves)
FLOWER:
Spring
White/Pink
Radially symmetrical
2 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p117
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p010
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p270
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p368
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p008
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p066
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p296
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p052
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p075
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p350
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p035
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