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Spring Beauty
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| Scientific Name: | Claytonia virginica
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| Habitat/Season: | Woodlands & Moist Clearings / March-May
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| Comment: | Native
This beautiful and delicate harbinger of spring is sometimes seen in huge patches on lawns. It grows from potato-like tubers underground. Native Americans and colonists used these as food.
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