Claytonia caroliniana

ClassificationDicots
FamilyMontiaceae
Family (Traditional)Portulacaceae
GenusClaytonia
Species:Claytonia caroliniana Michx.
Common NameCarolina Springbeauty
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: SM; Natural Area Presence: UCR; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Pink; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Carpel Number/Pistil: 3; Carpel Number/Pistil: 4; Carpel Number/Pistil: 5; Carpel Number/Pistil: 6; Carpel Number/Pistil: 7; Carpel Number/Pistil: 8; Carpel Number/Pistil: 9; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Ovules per Carpel: 2; Ovules per Carpel: 3; Ovules per Carpel: 4; Ovules per Carpel: 5; Ovules per Carpel: 6; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Placentation Type: Basal; Placentation Type: Free Central; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5
C value 6
StatusNative; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bath (KY), Bell (KY), Carter (KY), Clinton (KY), Cumberland (KY), Floyd (KY), Harlan (KY), Jackson (KY), Johnson (KY), Knott (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Lee (KY), Letcher (KY), Lewis (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Menifee (KY), Mercer (KY), Morgan (KY), Perry (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Russell (KY), Warren (KY), Wolfe (KY), Anderson (TN), Bedford (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Cannon (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Claiborne (TN), Clay (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hancock (TN), Hawkins (TN), Jackson (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Marion (TN), Monroe (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Shelby (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Washington (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1956 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100590940 Powell Kentucky 19 Apr 2005 Timothy J. Weckman
9192
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590908 Pike Kentucky 14 Mar 1996 Phillip L. Meeks
1
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590684 Bell Kentucky 01 May 2005 Amy V. McIntosh, Ron Jones, Jacob Stewart
750
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590783 Lewis Kentucky 12 Apr 1988 Allison W. Cusick
27237
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100592060 Mercer Kentucky 02 Apr 1994 Eric B. Davis
19
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590924 Powell Kentucky 30 Apr 1988 Ross C. Clark
21341
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
BEREA016777 Johnson Kentucky
BEREA
Claytonia caroliniana
BEREA016779 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Claytonia caroliniana
BEREA016771 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091505 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091509 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091490 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091525 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091695 Knox Kentucky
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590841 Menifee Kentucky 01 Apr 1990 Carol Hanley
368
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590676 Bath Kentucky 12 Apr 1987 Allison W. Cusick
26245
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590916 Powell Kentucky 30 Apr 1988 Ross C. Clark
21288
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100434818 Tennessee 16 Apr 1968 Lynn Garrison
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590874 Perry Kentucky 11 Apr 1997 Timothy J. Weckman
3451
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590775 Lee Kentucky 01 Apr 1968 Nancy Hill
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590809 Letcher Kentucky 07 Apr 1979 Jeffrey D. Sole
641
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
BEREA016778 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Claytonia caroliniana
BEREA016776 Jackson Kentucky
BEREA
Claytonia caroliniana
N/A Carter Tennessee 11 Mar 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091502 Hancock Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091517 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091497 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091500 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091513 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590817 Marion Kentucky 19 Apr 2001 Timothy J. Weckman
6240
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
N/A Pike Kentucky 14 Apr 1979 Jeff Robinson
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590726 Floyd Kentucky 05 Apr 1981 Melissa A. Lykens
2
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590965 Pulaski Kentucky 08 Apr 2000 Robert C. Oney
29
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590957 Pulaski Kentucky 08 Apr 2000 Sherman Anderson
17
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590866 Perry Kentucky 23 Mar 2007 Jonathan Collins
16
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590692 Carter Kentucky 25 Apr 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
9825.6
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590791 Letcher Kentucky 24 Mar 1979 Jeffrey D. Sole
628
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
BEREA016775 Jackson Kentucky
BEREA
Claytonia caroliniana
31973000017364 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091524 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091522 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0044668 Anderson Tennessee
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0105943 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590858 Morgan Kentucky 14 Apr 1996 Harold Collins
17
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590932 Powell Kentucky 21 Apr 1996 Mary Carol Cooper
14
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100754587 McCreary Kentucky 19 Apr 1998 C. L. Waters
17
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590833 McCreary Kentucky 18 Apr 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1256
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590767 Laurel Kentucky 10 May 1979 Richard H. Hannan
1559
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091489 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091501 Hamblen Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091498 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091507 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091491 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091526 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091515 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091510 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0113370 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0080681 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590718 Cumberland Kentucky 21 Mar 1995 Ronald L. Jones
7711
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100783438 Menifee Kentucky 05 Mar 2017 Thomas McFadden
334
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091520 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091487 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091492 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091494 Cannon Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091511 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091519 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091508 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091694 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
UCHT011137 Sequatchie Tennessee
UCHT
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0006854 Knox Tennessee
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0105945 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0105956 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0006856 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590981 Wolfe Kentucky 11 Apr 1994 Kim Feeman
23
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590742 Knott Kentucky 19 Apr 1997 Joel Beverly
6
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590759 Laurel Kentucky 07 Apr 1985 Ralph L. Thompson
85-20
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590700 Clinton Kentucky 27 Mar 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-5
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
BEREA016774 Harlan Kentucky
BEREA
Claytonia caroliniana
BEREA016780 Pike Kentucky
BEREA
Claytonia caroliniana
BEREA016772 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Claytonia caroliniana
ETSU005164 Unicoi Tennessee 17 Mar 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
N/A Unicoi Tennessee Frosty Levy
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
31973000017362 Harlan Kentucky
KNK
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091516 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091486 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091488 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0114432 Pulaski Kentucky 28 Apr 2019 Mason Brock
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU032862 Marion Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590825 McCreary Kentucky 08 Apr 2000 Kara Beth Haynes
8
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590973 Russell Kentucky 07 Apr 1996 Brad Huelsman
10
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
BEREA016773 Floyd Kentucky
BEREA
Claytonia caroliniana
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 10 Mar 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 04 Apr 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091496 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091521 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091504 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091499 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091523 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091503 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091495 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0105955 Menifee Kentucky
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU010467 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
UCHT030991 Tennessee
UCHT
Claytonia caroliniana
31234100590734 Jackson Kentucky 15 Apr 1993 Judith E. Rozeman
170
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091512 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091518 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091693 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091506 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091493 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
UCHT011136 Sequatchie Tennessee
UCHT
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0105951 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0006853 Van Buren Tennessee
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
N/A Unicoi Tennessee Frosty Levy
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU024310 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU034548 Jackson Tennessee 05 Apr 2000 Karen M. Schafer
0058
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU010466 Van Buren Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU010470 Wilson Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
UOS03871 Marion Tennessee 13 Apr 1959 J.M. Hyde
UOS
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU024569 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU010464 Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU024570 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU010469 Warren Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU030372 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
MTSU016355 Rutherford Tennessee 09 Apr 1997 Shane Wallace
MTSU
Claytonia caroliniana
MTSU016362 Rutherford Tennessee 25 Apr 1986 Paula Witner
MTSU
Claytonia caroliniana
UCHT030989 Tennessee
UCHT
Claytonia caroliniana
ETSU031895 Carter Tennessee James T Donaldson
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
ETSU031135 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0080367 Bell Kentucky
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0080798 Marion Kentucky
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU022023 Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU033628 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
MTSU016354 Bedford Tennessee 18 Apr 1998 Jacey Smith
MTSU
Claytonia caroliniana
MTSU016351 Davidson Tennessee 06 Apr 2002 Jennifer Thompson
MTSU
Claytonia caroliniana
UOS03868 Franklin Tennessee 02 Apr 1998 Malia Fincher
UOS
Claytonia caroliniana
UOS03869 Franklin Tennessee 02 Apr 1998 Adam Reynolds
UOS
Claytonia caroliniana
UOS03870 Grundy Tennessee 09 Apr 1968 McRae
UOS
Claytonia caroliniana
ETSU035111 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
ETSU035112 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
TENN-V-0091514 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0105946 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU022022 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
MTSU016359 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Apr 1981 Molly Pike
9
MTSU
Claytonia caroliniana
UCHT030990 Tennessee
UCHT
Claytonia caroliniana
N/A Unicoi Tennessee Frosty Levy
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
ETSU035113 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
MTSU016356 Franklin Tennessee 03 Apr 1994 Leonard King
MTSU
Claytonia caroliniana
MTSU016364 Tennessee 18 Apr 1956 George Davis
MTSU
Claytonia caroliniana
MTSU016358 Cheatham Tennessee 18 Apr 1982 Jeane Garrison
MTSU
Claytonia caroliniana
UCHT030987 Tennessee
UCHT
Claytonia caroliniana
ETSU035114 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
ETSU008675 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU010463 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU022021 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU010468 Warren Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU029188 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU010465 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
MTSU016363 Cannon Tennessee 29 Mar 1980 Landon E. McKinney
038
MTSU
Claytonia caroliniana
MTSU016357 Cumberland Tennessee 11 Apr 1992 Anne Morris
MTSU
Claytonia caroliniana
UOS03886 Van Buren Tennessee 19 Apr 2001 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Claytonia caroliniana
ETSU008674 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
ETSU035116 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Claytonia caroliniana
MEM001461 Shelby Tennessee 14 Apr 1966 Edward W. Fisher
45
MEM
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0073339 Jackson Kentucky
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
APSC0006855 Fentress Tennessee
APSC
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU024571 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
HTTU030373 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Claytonia caroliniana
MTSU016361 Anderson Tennessee 01 Apr 1978 Riley E. Sain
10
MTSU
Claytonia caroliniana
UOS03866 Franklin Tennessee 19 Apr 2001 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Claytonia caroliniana
N/A Madison Kentucky 13 Apr 2016 Kasia R. Bukowski
2
EKY
Claytonia caroliniana
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Claytonia caroliniana - Joey Shaw
Claytonia caroliniana - Joey Shaw
Claytonia caroliniana - Joey Shaw
Claytonia caroliniana - Joey Shaw
Claytonia caroliniana - Milo Pyne
Claytonia caroliniana - Milo Pyne
Claytonia caroliniana - Tara Littlefield
Claytonia caroliniana - Tara Littlefield
Claytonia caroliniana - Tara Littlefield
Claytonia caroliniana - Tara Littlefield
Claytonia caroliniana - Joey Shaw
Claytonia caroliniana - Joey Shaw
Claytonia caroliniana - Joey Shaw
Claytonia caroliniana - Joey Shaw
Claytonia caroliniana - Joey Shaw
Claytonia caroliniana - Joey Shaw