Genus

Claytonia (Spring beauties)

Claytonia lanceolata. Photo: (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Claytonia (spring beauty) is a genus of flowering plants native to North America, Central America, and Asia. The genus was formerly included in Portulacaceae but is now classified in the family Montiaceae, primarily native to the mountain chains of Asia and North America, with a couple of species extending south to Guatemala in Central America, and northwest to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia in eastern Asia.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Caryophyllales (Pinks, cactuses, and allies)
        Family: Montiaceae (Pussypaw family)
        Genus: Claytonia (Spring beauties)
        Section: Claytonia (Claytonia sect. claytonia) (1)
        Section: Limnia (Claytonia sect. limnia) (9)
        Section: Rhizomatosae (Claytonia sect. rhizomatosae) (1)

Subtaxa

Section: Claytonia (Claytonia sect. claytonia)

Section: Limnia (Claytonia sect. limnia)

Section: Rhizomatosae (Claytonia sect. rhizomatosae)

Where in Humboldt

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