Claytonia sibirica
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| Claytonia sibirica L. |
Claytonia sibirica (Siberian Spring beauty or Candy Flower) is a flowering plant in the family Portulacaceae, native to Siberia and western North America. It is found in moist woods. It is short-lived annual with hermaphroditic flowers which are protandrous and self-fertile. The numerous fleshy stems form a rosette and the leaves are lanceolate. The flowers are 8-20 mm diameter, with five white, candy-striped, or pink petals, flowering is between February and August.
