A genus of small plants with delicate flowers, also called spring beauty, commonly found in woodlands.
Named by Carl Linnaeus after John Clayton, an 18th-century botanist and naturalist from Virginia, using the Latinized form '-ia' for the genus name.
Claytonia flowers are among the first plants to bloom in spring, emerging before trees leaf out, and they're important early-season food for pollinators waking from winter.
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