[Spring Beauties and Miner's Lettuce: The Genus Claytonia in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]
Candy Flower, Candyflower, Siberian Springbeauty
Claytonia sibirica
Synonyms: Claytonia heterophylla, Claytonia sibirica var. bulbifera, Claytonia sibirica ssp. sibirica, Montia heterophylla, Montia sibirica, Montia sibirica var. bulbifera, Montia sibirica var. heterophylla, Montia sibirica var. sibirica
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Two examples of siberian springbeauty as seen still in bloom along a creek flowing through Butte Camp, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument..........July 23, 2017.
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Candy flower in bloom at left along the Lewis River Trail #31 between Curly Creek Falls and Bolt Camp Shelter, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.........May 3, 2015. The photo at right shows candy flower in bloom at Grizzly Creek Campground, Jackson County Parks, Oregon......May 29, 2021.
Candyflower blooming in a pot at the webmaster's garden in Gresham, OR.........May 11, 2009. West of the Cascade Mountains, this species will bloom all year long (when grown in pots) when winters are mild and for 10-11 months if there is a prolonged frosty or snowy spell during the winter.
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Two examples of siberian springbeauty as seen still in bloom along a creek flowing through Butte Camp, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument..........September 19, 2014.
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Siberian springbeauty as seen still in bloom along a creek flowing through Butte Camp, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument..........August 11, 2022.
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Siberian springbeauty as seen in bloom along a creek flowing through Butte Camp, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.......... June 9, 2015.
Paul Slichter