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'''''Claytonia sibirica''''' ('''Siberian Spring Beauty''', '''Siberian Miner's Lettuce''', or '''Candy Flower''') is a [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Portulacaceae]], native to [[Siberia]] and western [[North America]]. It is found in moist woods. It is short-lived annual with [[hermaphroditic]] flowers which are protandrous and self-fertile. The numerous fleshy [[Plant stem|stems]] form a rosette and the [[leaves]] are lanceolate. The [[flower]]s are 8-20 mm diameter, with five white, candy-striped, or pink petals, flowering is between February and August. |
'''''Claytonia sibirica''''' ('''Siberian Spring Beauty''', '''Siberian Miner's Lettuce''', or '''Candy Flower''') is a [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Portulacaceae]], native to [[Siberia]] and western [[North America]]. It is found in moist woods. It is short-lived annual with [[hermaphroditic]] flowers which are protandrous and self-fertile. The numerous fleshy [[Plant stem|stems]] form a rosette and the [[leaves]] are lanceolate. The [[flower]]s are 8-20 mm diameter, with five white, candy-striped, or pink petals, flowering is between February and August. |
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== The Stewarton flower == |
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[[Image:Stewartonflower2.JPG|right|thumb|170px|The Pink Purslane or 'Stewarton Flower' - A seriously destructive alien invader, the white form of which was first introduced into [[Stewarton]].]] |
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An example of the variation found in ''Claytonia sibirica'' is the subspecies known as the Stewarton Flower, so named due to its local abundance in that part of Scotland and recorded as such by the Kilmarnock Glenfield Ramblers.<ref name="Dickie">Dickie, T. W. (1915), ''Robertland'', 10/07/1915. Annals of the Kilmarnock Glenfield Ramblers Society. 1913 - 1919. P. 110.</ref> |
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In 1915 it was stated to have been in the area for over 60 years and was abundant on the [[River Irvine|Corsehill Burn]].<ref name="Dickie">Dickie, T. W. (1915), ''Robertland'', 10/07/1915. Annals of the Kilmarnock Glenfield Ramblers Society. 1913 - 1919. P. 110.</ref> As the plant is very adept at reproducing by asexual plantlets, this has maintained the white varieties gene pool around Stewarton. The pink variety has not been able to predominate here, and only occurs occasionally, unlike most other localities in Scotland. |
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Claytonia sibirica (Siberian Spring Beauty, Siberian Miner's Lettuce, or Candy Flower) is a flowering plant in the family Portulacaceae, native to Siberia and western North America. It is found in moist woods. It is short-lived annual with hermaphroditic flowers which are protandrous and self-fertile. The numerous fleshy stems form a rosette and the leaves are lanceolate. The flowers are 8-20 mm diameter, with five white, candy-striped, or pink petals, flowering is between February and August.
The Stewarton flower
An example of the variation found in Claytonia sibirica is the subspecies known as the Stewarton Flower, so named due to its local abundance in that part of Scotland and recorded as such by the Kilmarnock Glenfield Ramblers.[1]
In 1915 it was stated to have been in the area for over 60 years and was abundant on the Corsehill Burn.[1] As the plant is very adept at reproducing by asexual plantlets, this has maintained the white varieties gene pool around Stewarton. The pink variety has not been able to predominate here, and only occurs occasionally, unlike most other localities in Scotland.
External links
- Flora of North America: Claytonia sibirica
- Burke Museum in WA State: Claytonia sibirica
- Jepson Manual Treatment: Claytonia sibirica
- Cal photos: Claytonia sibirica
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