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Eastern Spring Beauty, Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) Orange Co., NC 3 March 2007 Common statewide in mesic forested habitats, this spring ephemeral is one of the first native wildflowers to appear in the early spring season. |
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Eastern Spring Beauty, Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) Orange Co., NC 3 March 2007 |
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Eastern Spring Beauty, Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) Orange Co., NC 3 March 2007 |
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Eastern Spring Beauty, Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) Orange Co., NC 31 March 2007 Some individuals have much more pink coloration than others. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
Created on ... Mar 3, 2007 | jspippen@duke.edu