Common name: Western spring beauty

Family: Montiaceae (formerly Portulaceae)

Information: Moist meadows and snowbanks at middle to high elevations (Pojar & MacKinnon 2014).

Photos: A mesic meadow along the 3 brother’s trail in the Manning Park alpine area. N. Hewitt, July 8 2020.

 

Sources and additional resources:

Klinkenberg, Brian. (Ed.) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Claytonia%20lanceolata Accessed: 2020-07-26.

Pojar, J. & MacKinnon, A. (2014). Plants of Coastal British Columbia: Including Washington, Oregon & Alaska. Vancouver: Lone Pine Publishing.