spring beauty
Pink forest flower
Spring beauty is a small wildflower of the genus Claytonia, native to North American woodlands.
It blooms in early spring with delicate pink or white flowers striped with darker pink veins.
The plants emerge briefly before trees leaf out, then die back as the forest canopy closes: The trail was lined with spring beauties.
Colored bloom segments
- blossomFlower on fruit tree
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- woodlandForested land area
- understoryForest's lower vegetation tier
ephemeral · native · delicate · pink · white · striped · forest floor · deciduous
Passing very quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- short-livedLasting only briefly
- passingMoving by or temporary
- briefShort in duration
snowmelt · awakening · renewal · emergence · temporary · evanescent · harbinger · first bloom
Recurring each year
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
- cormBulblike underground stem base
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
- nectarFloral sugar water
five petals · pollinator · bee · anthers · pistil · germination · propagation · native plant
petals
Colored bloom segments
- blossomFlower on fruit tree
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- woodlandForested land area
understory · ephemeral · native · delicate · pink · white · striped · forest floor · deciduous · tuber
fleeting
Passing very quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- short-livedLasting only briefly
- passingMoving by or temporary
brief · snowmelt · awakening · renewal · emergence · temporary · evanescent · harbinger · first bloom · vernal
perennial
Recurring each year
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
- cormBulblike underground stem base
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
five petals · nectar · pollinator · bee · anthers · pistil · germination · propagation · native plant · groundcover
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