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Spring Beauty Buds - Claytonia virginica Low plant with clusters of white flowers that are striped with pink. Flowers have 5 petals with 5 stamens and pink anthers.<br />
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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.<br />
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Habitat: Swampy, deciduous forest Claytonia virginica,Eastern spring beauty,Geotagged,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Spring Beauty Buds - 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: Swampy, deciduous forest

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"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
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Apr 7, 2020. Captured Apr 7, 2020 13:11 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/9.0
  • 1/41s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm