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Spring Beauty

Claytonia virginica

Photo by Christine Y.
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Field Notes

Description:

Low plant with clusters of white flowers that are striped with pink. Flowers have 5 petals with 5 stamens and pink anthers.

Habitat:

Growing on the edge of a meadow.

Notes:

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.

Reference Links:

Claytonia virginica - Wikipedia

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