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Spring Beauty -- Claytonia virginica

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Family Diapensiaceae (Diapensia family)

Considered by many to be the harbinger of spring, the spring beauty appears in March or early April in fields, woodland borders and front lawns. Wherever found, these tiny flowers appear in large stands. The flowers are about 1/2 inch wide, white and with pink striations on stalks that are seldom higher than 6 inches tall.


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