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Claytonia lanceolata
Also called Western Spring Beauty, Lance Leaved Spring Beauty
A small western North American wildflower that grows from a tuber and blooms in early spring, often on rocky, alpine or sagebrush slopes. Grow it in lean, free-draining soil and water sparingly, since it goes dormant in summer.
Claytonia lanceolata is a species of wildflower in the family Montiaceae, known by the common names lanceleaf springbeauty and western springbeauty.
The entire plant is edible raw or cooked, including the potato-like corm from which it grows. Some report that the bulbs must be cooked to remove toxins.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Claytonia lanceolata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
