[Spring Beauties& Miner's Lettuce: The Genus Claytonia West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Pale Springbeauty, Pale Claytonia

Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua

Synonyms: Claytonia spathulata, Claytonia spathulata var. exigua, Claytonia spatulata var. spathulata, Montia spathulata, Montia spathulata var. exigua, Montia spathulata var. spathulata

Pale Springbeauty, Pale Claytonia: Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua (Synonyms: Claytonia spathulata, Claytonia spathulata var. exigua, Claytonia spatulata var. spathulata, Montia spathulata, Montia spathulata var. exigua, Montia spathulata var. spathulata)

Pale springbeauty in bloom at Bayocean Spit at the western edge of Tillamook Bay, northern Oregon coast.........April 16, 2017.

Pale Springbeauty, Pale Claytonia: Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua (Synonyms: Claytonia spathulata, Claytonia spathulata var. exigua, Claytonia spatulata var. spathulata, Montia spathulata, Montia spathulata var. exigua, Montia spathulata var. spathulata)

Pale springbeauty as seen along the trail to Upper Table Rock to the north of Medford, OR..........April 4, 2009.

Inflorescence of Pale Springbeauty, Pale Claytonia: Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua (Synonyms: Claytonia spathulata, Claytonia spathulata var. exigua, Claytonia spatulata var. spathulata, Montia spathulata, Montia spathulata var. exigua, Montia spathulata var. spathulata) - Pale Springbeauty, Pale Claytonia: Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua (Synonyms: Claytonia spathulata, Claytonia spathulata var. exigua, Claytonia spatulata var. spathulata, Montia spathulata, Montia spathulata var. exigua, Montia spathulata var. spathulata)

A close-up of the inflorescence of pale springbeauty as seen along the trail to Upper Table Rock to the north of Medford, OR.........April 4, 2009.

Pale Springbeauty, Pale Claytonia: Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua (Synonyms: Claytonia spathulata, Claytonia spathulata var. exigua, Claytonia spatulata var. spathulata, Montia spathulata, Montia spathulata var. exigua, Montia spathulata var. spathulata) - Pale Springbeauty, Pale Claytonia: Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua (Synonyms: Claytonia spathulata, Claytonia spathulata var. exigua, Claytonia spatulata var. spathulata, Montia spathulata, Montia spathulata var. exigua, Montia spathulata var. spathulata)

Pale springbeauty as seen in sandy soils along North Bank Lane about 200 meters east of US Highway 101, north of Bandon, OR..........April 18, 2016.

Paul Slichter