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|accepted_name=Claytonia virginica
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 204. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Eastern spring beauty
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Claytonia virginica var. hammondiae
|authority=(Kalmbacher) J. J. Doyle
|publication_title=W. H. Lewis &amp; D. B. Snyder
|publication_place=
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Portulacaceae;Claytonia;Claytonia virginica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Portulacaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Claytonia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Claytonia virginica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 466, 476
|treatment_page=page 475
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, with globose tubers 10–200 mm diam.; periderm 0–0.5 mm. <b>Stems</b> 5–40 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal leaves petiolate 6–20 cm, blade linear, 3–14 × 0.5–1.3 cm; cauline leaves sessile, blade linear, 1–10 cm, tapered to slender base. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1-bracteate, rarely with 2 or more bracts; bracts reduced apically, scalelike. <b>Flowers</b> 5–12 mm diam.; sepals 5–7 mm; petals white to pinkish or rose (rarely yellow or orange) or white with pink-lavender candy-stripes, 7–14 mm; ovules 6. <b>Seeds</b> 2–3 mm diam., shiny and smooth; elaisome 1–2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 12–190.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr.
|habitat=Wetlands, seeps, moist woods, riparian hardwood forests, copses, bluffs, ravines, prairies
|elevation=0-1000 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=lewis1977a
|text=Lewis, W. H. and J. C. Semple. 1977. Geography of Claytonia virginica cytotypes. Amer. J. Bot. 64: 1078–1082.
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|id=rothwell1959a
|text=Rothwell, N. V. 1959. Aneuploidy in Claytonia virginica. Amer. J. Bot. 46: 353–360.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Claytonia virginica
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Claytonia virginica var. hammondiae
|family=Portulacaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr.
|habitat=Wetlands, seeps, moist woods, riparian hardwood forests, copses, bluffs, ravines, prairies
|elevation=0-1000 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=lewis1977a;rothwell1959a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Claytonia
|species=Claytonia virginica
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