familyPortulacaceae
genusClaytonia
speciesClaytonia caroliniana

Claytonia caroliniana

Michaux

Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 160. 1803.

John M. Miller
Common names: Carolina spring beauty
WeedyEndemic
Synonyms: Claytonia caroliniana var. lewisii McNeill Claytonia caroliniana var. spatulifolia (Salisbury) W. H. Lewis
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 467. Mentioned on page 466.

Plants perennial, with globose tubers 10–20 mm diam.; periderm 1–5 mm. Stems 6–25 cm. Leaves: basal leaves 6–21, petiolate, blade elliptic or spatulate, 3–5 × 1–3 cm; cauline leaves abruptly petiolate, blade lanceolate to spatulate or ovate, 4–8 × 0.5–2.5 cm. Inflorescences 1-bracteate (rarely with 2 bracts). Flowers 8–12 mm diam.; sepals 3–5 mm; petals white, pink, or candy-striped, 6–10 mm; ovules 6. Seeds 2–4 mm, shiny and smooth; elaiosome 1–2 mm. 2n = 16, 24, 25, 26, 27, 36, 38.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat: Wetlands and riparian hardwood forests
Elevation: 0-1400 m

Distribution

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N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Conn., Ga., Iowa, Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.Y., N.C., Pa., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
38 +, 36 +, 27 +, 26 +, 25 +, 24 +  and 16 +
Apex shape
obtuse +  and apiculate +
Attachment point arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Author
John M. Miller +
Authority
Michaux +
Basal leaf architecture
petiolate +
Basal leaf quantity
6;21 +
Blade length
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Blade margin architecture or shape
entire +
Blade margin shape
occasionally dentate;crisped +
Blade shape
lanceolate +  and spatulate or ovate +
Blade width
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +  and 2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (?) +
Bract architecture or shape
leaflike +
Bract shape
scale-like +
Bract texture
membranous +
Capsule architecture
3-valved +
Capsule dehiscence
dehiscent +
Caudex texture
woody +
Cauline leaf architecture
petiolate +
Cauline leaf arrangement
whorled +  and opposite +
Cauline leaf fusion
connate +, or +  and distinct +
Cauline leaf quantity
3 (?) +  and 2 (?) +
Common name
Carolina spring beauty +
Distribution
N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Conn. +, Ga. +, Iowa +, Ky. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
Elaiosome coloration
white +
Elaiosome some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Elevation
0-1400 m +
Flower architecture
solitary +
Flower architecture or course
irregular +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower diameter
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Flower prominence
showy +
Form quantity
multiple +
Fruit architecture
capsular +
Gynoecium architecture
2-9-carpelled +
Habitat
Wetlands and riparian hardwood forests +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Barbara Alongi +
Individual quantity
single +
Inflorescence architecture
1-bracteate +
Inflorescence arrangement
racemose +
Inflorescence position
terminal +  and axillary +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Inflorescence shape
spikelike +
Leaf architecture
not articulate +
Leaf architecture or fixation
clasping +
Leaf arrangement
subrosulate +, rosulate +, alternate +, subopposite +  and opposite +
Leaf position
cauline +  and basal +
Margin architecture
hygroscopic +
Margin shape or vernation
involute +
Node pubescence
glabrous +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture
plurilocular +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovary quantity
1 +
Ovary shape
globose +
Ovule placentation
1-many +
Ovule quantity
6 +
Periderm some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Petal atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Petal coloration
candy-striped +, pink +  and white +
Petal fusion
connate +  and distinct +
Petal presence
absent +
Petal quantity
5 +
Petal some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering Mar–Jun. +
Publication title
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
Publication year
1803 +
Reference
None +
Root architecture
branched +
Root shape
capillary +
Root texture
fibrous +
Seed architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Seed atypical quantity
1 (3) +
Seed coloration
black +
Seed density
dispersed +
Seed quantity
3 +  and 6 +
Seed reflectance
shiny +
Seed relief
smooth +  and tuberculate +
Seed shape
rounded +
Seed some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (?) +
Sepal architecture or shape
leaflike +
Sepal duration
persistent +
Sepal quantity
2;9 +
Sepal size
unequal +
Sepal some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Source xml
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Special status
Weedy +  and Endemic +
Stamen arrangement
opposite +
Stamen fusion
adnate +
Stamen quantity
5 +
Stem location
aerial +
Stem orientation
decumbent +  and erect +
Stem some measurement
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Stems tuber location
subterranean +
Stigma quantity
3 +
Style architecture
branched +
Style presence
absent +
Style quantity
1 +
Synonyms
Claytonia caroliniana var. lewisii +  and Claytonia caroliniana var. spatulifolia +
Taxon family
Portulacaceae +
Taxon name
Claytonia caroliniana +
Taxon parent
Claytonia +
Taxon rank
species +
Tuber diameter
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Tuber shape
globose +
Valve duration
not deciduous +
Volume
Volume 4 +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism texture
fleshy +  and succulent +
X chromosome quantity
8 +, 7 +, 6 +  and 5 +