Claytonia

claytonia

(kleɪˈtəʊnɪə) n (Plants) any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia[C18: named after John Clayton (1693–1773), American botanist]

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Claytonia - genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemesgenus Claytoniacaryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersfamily Portulacaceae, Portulacaceae, purslane family - family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in AmericasCarolina spring beauty, Claytonia caroliniana - similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers; eastern North AmericaClatonia lanceolata, spring beauty - small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible cormClaytonia virginica, Virginia spring beauty - small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; eastern North America