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Candy Flower/indian Lettuce
Claytonia sibirica
  
About Candy Flower/indian Lettuce (Claytonia sibirica) 6 Nurseries Carry This Plant Claytonia sibirica (Siberian Spring Beauty, Siberian Miner's Lettuce, Candy Flower or Pink Purslane) is a flowering plant in the family Montiaceae, native to Siberia and western North America. A synonym is Montia sibirica. The plant was introduced into the United Kingdom by the 18th century where it has become very widespread. It is found in moist woods. It is short-lived perennial or 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.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial Herb

Size
Size
2 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Pink, White

Flowering Season
Flowering Season
Spring

Wildlife Supported
 


 
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Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Part Shade

Moisture
Moisture
Moderate - High

Nurseries
Nurseries

Ease of Care
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy

Soil Drainage
Soil Drainage
Fast, Standing

Soil Description
Soil Description
Prefers sandy acidic forest soil

Propagation
Propagation?
For propagating by seed: No treatment.

Sunset Zones
Sunset Zones?
4*, 5*, 7*, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Streambanks, marshes and moist places

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 23.9" - 153.3", Summer Precipitation: 0.38" - 5.67", Coldest Month: 9.1" - 49.8", Hottest Month: 32.8" - 72.8", Humidity: 0.01" - 21.39", Elevation: 5" - 14019"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Siberian Springbeauty


Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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