Scientific Name
Claytonia caroliniana
Common Name
Spring beauty; Broad-leaved spring beauty
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
6 inches
Flower/fruit:
Narrow cluster of 5-petaled white to pale pink flowers with deeper pink veins; .5 inches across; lower flower opens first
Flowering Season:
Spring
Foliage:
Narrowly egg-shaped to elliptic leaves; 1.5 to 3 inches long and .25 to 1 inch wide
Site:
Rich woods; partial shade
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