| Claytonia virginica | |
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| Eastern spring beauty at Radnor Lake | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Montiaceae |
| Genus: | Claytonia |
| Species: | C. virginica
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| Binomial name | |
| Claytonia virginica | |
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| Natural range in North America | |
Claytonia virginica, the Virginia springbeauty,[2] eastern spring beauty, grass-flower[3] narrowleaf springbeauty[1] or fairy spud, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Montiaceae.[4] Its native range is eastern North America.[2] Its scientific name honors Colonial Virginian botanist John Clayton (1694–1773).
- ^ a b NatureServe (5 April 2024). "Claytonia virginica". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ a b USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Claytonia virginica". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Brown, Addison (1913). An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions: From Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian. Vol. 2. C. Scribner's sons. p. 37. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Claytonia virginica L.". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.