Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginia)

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Angiospermae
Clade: Core Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Portulaccaceae (Purslane)

Description: A low plant with loose cluster of pink or whitish flowers, striped with dark pink.

Flower: ½-¾" (1.5-2 cm) wide; sepals 2; petals 5, veiny; stamens 5, with pink anthers.

Leaves: 2-8" (5-20 cm) long, usually 1 pair at midstem, opposite, dark green, linear, tapering at both ends.

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