NOUN | plant | genus Claytonia, Claytonia | genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes |
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Meaning | genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes. | |
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Synonym | Claytonia | |
Member of | Portulacaceae, family Portulacaceae, purslane family | family of usually succulent herbs |
Members | Carolina spring beauty, Claytonia caroliniana | Similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers |
Virginia spring beauty, Claytonia virginica | small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers | |
spring beauty, Clatonia lanceolata | small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm | |
Broader | caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
Spanish | claytonia, genus claytonia | |
Catalan | claytonia, genus claytonia |
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