Virginia springbeauty
ക്ലേറ്റോണിയ വിർജീനിക്ക
Claytonia virginica L.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- 20 cm
Montiaceae
Formerly Claytonia acutiflora, Claytonia bodinii, Claytonia cautiflora, Claytonia grandiflora, and 4 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Tuberous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
- Height
- 5 cm to 41 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 20 cmRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (1)
- Malayalam
- ക്ലേറ്റോണിയ വിർജീനിക്ക
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Claytonia virginica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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