POTD: Montiaceae

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Genus is Claytonia, species is Virginica and common names are Virginia springbeauty, Eastern spring beauty, grass-flower or fairy spud. I like the last one. ~Vic

Spring Beauty Image
04-17-2019

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9 thoughts on “POTD: Montiaceae”

    joyroses13 said:
    June 17, 2021 at 3:55 AM

    I like “fairy spud” too!

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    bayphotosbydonna said:
    June 17, 2021 at 10:31 AM

    So dainty, I like ‘fairy spud’ too. 🙂

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      The Hinoeuma responded:
      June 17, 2021 at 4:44 PM

      That’s seems to be the favorite. It was a tiny thing. My phone has an easier time zooming in on little things than it does trying to get a “real” picture of the moon. *sigh*

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    Dayphoto said:
    June 17, 2021 at 12:35 PM

    What a neat tiny little flower. Excellent photo!

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    badfinger20 (Max) said:
    June 21, 2021 at 12:44 AM

    Cool little flower…Fairy Spud gets my vote for the name.

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