Jonesville Springbeauty

(Claytonia palustris)

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Description

Claytonia palustris is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a slender stem up to about 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) long.It has leaves with oval-shaped blades a few centimeters long at the ends of long, narrow petioles.The inflorescence bears up to 18 flowers on a long stalk. Each flower has 5 white or pink-tinted white petals just under a centimeter long. The bloom period is May to October.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Montiaceae
Genus:Claytonia
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