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Serpentine springbeauty

Claytonia exigua

Also called Pale Claytonia, Pale Spring Beauty, Gray Pale Springbeauty, Pale Montia, Pale Springbeauty, Pallid Claytonia, Serpentine Spring Beauty

Serpentine springbeauty
Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
Family
Montiaceae (Monti family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
SW. British Columbia to Mexico (Baja California)
Climate
temperate

About

Claytonia exigua is a species of wildflower known by the common names serpentine springbeauty and pale claytonia, in the family Montiaceae.

It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Idaho to California, where it grows in a number of habitat types, including plant communities on serpentine soils.

Other Claytonia plants

Arctic springbeauty · Carolina springbeauty · Heartleaf springbeauty · Gypsum springbeauty · Lanceleaf springbeauty · Alpine springbeauty · Sierra springbeauty · Ogilvie Mountain springbeauty · Jonesville springbeauty · Streambank springbeauty · Miner's lettuce · Western springbeauty

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Claytonia exigua by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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