Back Claytonia caroliniana CEB Claytonie de Caroline French Lundagrýta Icelandic Claytonia caroliniana Macedonian ക്ലേറ്റോണിയ കരോലിനിയാന Malayalam Claytonia caroliniana Swedish Claytonia caroliniana WAR
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Montiaceae |
| Genus: | Claytonia |
| Species: | C. caroliniana
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| Claytonia caroliniana | |
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Claytonia caroliniana, the Carolina springbeauty, is an herbaceous perennial in the family Montiaceae. It was formerly placed in the Portulacaceae. Its native range is eastern and central North America. It is most commonly found in the New England area of the United States but its habitat extends from Ontario and a northern limit in the Cape Anguille Mountains of Newfoundland and south to Alabama.[1] It grows approximately 6 inches tall in forests of the Appalachian Mountains and piedmont[3][4]
- ^ a b NRCS. "Claytonia caroliniana". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved September 8, 2013.
- ^ "Claytonia caroliniana". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ Miller, J. M. and K. L. Chambers. 2006. Systematics of Claytonia (Portulacaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 78: 1-236. ISBN 0-912861-78-9
- ^ "Claytonia caroliniana (Carolina spring-beauty)". Go Botany. New England Wildflower Society.