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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Pinks, Cactuses, and Allies
  6. Pussypaw Family
  7. Spring Beauties
  8. Claytonia Sect. Caudicosae
  9. Alpine Springbeauty

species 2,251 observations

Alpine Springbeauty

Claytonia megarhiza

Status
native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

11 native animals
supported in the US
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Miner's Lettuce Miner 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Early Tachinid Fly 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors White Annaphila, Greater Bee Fly, Margined White, Sonoran Blue 9

Children

  • Claytonia megarhiza bellidifolia
  • Alpine Springbeauty
  • Wenatchee Spring-beauty

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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