[Spring Beauties: The Genus Claytonia in Mt. Adams Coutry]

Western Springbeauty, Lanceleaf Springbeauty, Lance-leaf Spring Beauty

Claytonia lanceolata

Synonyms: Claytonia caroliniana, Claytonia caroliniana var. piersonii, Claytonia lanceolata ssp. chrysantha, Claytonia lanceolata var. idahoensis, Claytonia lanceolata var. piersonii, Claytonia sessilifolia

Flowers of Lanceleaf Springbeauty, Lance-leaf Spring Beauty, Western Springbeauty: Claytonia lanceolata (Synonyms: Claytonia caroliniana, Claytonia caroliniana var. piersonii, Claytonia lanceolata ssp. chrysantha, Claytonia lanceolata var. idahoensis, Claytonia lanceolata var. piersonii, Claytonia sessilifolia)

Lance-leaf spring beauty as seen at the intersection of FS Rd 82 and the King Mt. Rd on Mt. Adams, at approximately an elevation of 3560'..........May 7, 2005.

Lanceleaf Springbeauty, Lance-leaf Spring Beauty, Western Springbeauty: Claytonia lanceolata (Synonyms: Claytonia caroliniana, Claytonia caroliniana var. piersonii, Claytonia lanceolata ssp. chrysantha, Claytonia lanceolata var. idahoensis, Claytonia lanceolata var. piersonii, Claytonia sessilifolia)

The photo above shows the stem, pair of leaves and flowers of lance-leaf beauty as seen near the summit on King Mt, on south-facing slopes above road S1750.........May 13, 2007.

Lanceleaf Springbeauty, Lance-leaf Spring Beauty, Western Springbeauty: Claytonia lanceolata (Synonyms: Claytonia caroliniana, Claytonia caroliniana var. piersonii, Claytonia lanceolata ssp. chrysantha, Claytonia lanceolata var. idahoensis, Claytonia lanceolata var. piersonii, Claytonia sessilifolia)

The photo above shows a close-up of the flowers and lanceolate leaf of lance-leaf spring beauty as seen at the intersection of FS Rd 82 and the King Mt. Rd on Mt. Adams, at approximately an elevation of 3560'..........May 7, 2005.

Lanceleaf Springbeauty, Lance-leaf Spring Beauty, Western Springbeauty: Claytonia lanceolata (Synonyms: Claytonia caroliniana, Claytonia caroliniana var. piersonii, Claytonia lanceolata ssp. chrysantha, Claytonia lanceolata var. idahoensis, Claytonia lanceolata var. piersonii, Claytonia sessilifolia)

The photo above shows a close-up of the flowers and leaf of lance-leaf spring beauty as seen at about 3460' along Bird Creek at Island Cabin CG on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams.........May 19, 2006.

Paul Slichter