Genera Claytonia and Montia, family Portulacaceae: several species, in particular the American M. perfoliata, naturalized in Britain, and C. virginica, sometimes cultivated as an ornamental
‘An entry the following spring simply listed the wildflowers she saw: ‘Anemones, carpet pinks, saxifrages, buttercup, spring beauty.’’
‘The roadsides sparkled with coreopsis, crimson clover, vetch, spring beauties, and other gem-like blooms.’
‘In early spring, the park is blanketed with wildflowers, including violets, may apples, spring beauties, and lady's slipper orchids.’
‘These spring beauties are one of the most popular landscape shrubs to grace southern gardens.’
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