Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)


     The Spring Beauty is a native, perennial wildflower. It grows six to ten inches tall. It bears  loose clusters of 1/3-inch pink or white flowers, striped with dark pink veins in the upper part of the stem. A pair of smooth, grass-like leaves occurs halfway up the slender stem, four to twelve inches long. It grows in part shade in rich, moist soils.  (EW)