Index / Search / Claytonia megarhiza
§1 Plant
Claytonia megarhiza (A. Gray) Parry ex S. Watson
vernacular alpine springbeauty — species · Portulacaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Portulacaceae Dumort.
- Genus
- Claytonia
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 34 counties across 5 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 34 counties across 5 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Clear Creek 08019
- Dolores 08033
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Hinsdale 08053
- La Plata 08067
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Mineral 08079
- Montezuma 08083
- Ouray 08091
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Summit 08117
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CLME ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3084735 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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