Claytonia virginica

Common Name: Spring Beauty

Plant Type: Herbaceous

Habitat: Woodland

Light Requirements: part sun, shade

Soil Moisture:

Soil Type: Loam

Height: 10-20cm

Bloom Time: Early Spring

Flower Colour: pink

Germination Requirements: Seed is hydrophilic, intolerant of dry storage. Seed needs a period of warm, moist stratification followed by cold stratification and will germinate after being shifted back to warm, for example 70°-40°-70°F

Details/Comments: one of the first ephemerals in the spring, goes dormat quickly after flowering

Picture Copyright: Jennifer Anderson @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database