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Tuberous springbeauty

Claytonia tuberosa

Also called Beringian Spring Beauty, Tuberous Spring Beauty, Beringian Springbeauty

Family
Montiaceae (Monti family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Native range
N. Siberia to N. British Columbia
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Claytonia tuberosa, commonly known as Beringian springbeauty, Eskimo potato, or tuberous springbeauty, (Inupiaq: oatkuk, ulqit, utqiq, ulqiq) is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae. It is a perennial herb indigenous to Alaska, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and the Yukon of North America, westward to East Asia–Siberia. The perennial grows from a globose tuberous root to a height of 15 centimetres (6 in) and bears several hermaphrodite white flowers on stems bearing a single pair of petiolate cauline leaves. Its closest relative is probably Claytonia virginica.

Other Claytonia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Claytonia tuberosa 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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