Western Spring Beauty
Claytonia lanceolata
Western spring beauty is a montane ephemeral that emerges at snowmelt with pink-striped white flowers, its edible corms ('mountain potatoes') long gathered by Indigenous peoples.
- Family
- Montiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.3–0.8 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.6 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY