
Spring Beauty - Claytonia virginica
Low plant with clusters of white flowers that are striped with pink. Flowers have 5 petals with 5 stamens and pink anthers.
This plant grows from a underground tuber, which early American colonists and Native Americans used for food. The tubers have a sweet, chestnut-like flavor.
Habitat: Deciduous forest

"Claytonia virginica", the Virginia springbeauty, eastern spring beauty, grass-flower or fairy spud, is an herbaceous perennial in the family Montiaceae. Its native range is eastern North America. Its scientific name honors Colonial Virginia botanist John Clayton.
Similar species: Pinks, Cactuses, And Allies
By Christine Young
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Uploaded May 25, 2019. Captured Apr 17, 2019 12:42 in 3280 Franklin Ave, Millbrook, NY 12545, USA.