Carolina Spring Beauty
Claytonia caroliniana
Carolina spring beauty is a woodland spring ephemeral with pink-veined white flowers over a pair of broad leaves, carpeting rich forest floors before fading by early summer.
- Family
- Montiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.3–0.8 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.6 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- CT, GA, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV