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Claytonia scammaniana
Also called Scamman's Claytonia, Scamman's Spring Beauty
Scamman's springbeauty is a small, rhizomatous wildflower of the Montiaceae family, native to mountains of Alaska and Yukon in subarctic and subalpine climates. It is a cold-hardy alpine-type plant that needs cool conditions and good drainage, and it is rarely grown outside its native range.
Claytonia scammaniana is a biogeographically significant species of Claytonia, which is indigenous to the mountain chains of Alaska and Yukon. The species has been subject of differing taxonomic opinions and confusion with Claytonia arctica and C. sarmentosa. A taxonomic revision including a review of previous studies of Claytonia scammaniana was published in 2006. It was first collected in 1939 by Edith Scamman, its namesake.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Claytonia scammaniana 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.
