The Spring' Beauty 
From early spring until autumn, the 
children may find some species of the 
delicate little plant commonly called the 
Spring Beauty. 
Its real name is Claytonia. 
It grows in wet places. 
Several species have but two leaves on 
the stem. In Western Washington we 
may find several species with more than 
two leaves on the stem. 
The little plant usually bears a raceme 
of rose or pink flowers. 
There are five petals and two sepals. 
The sepals remain after the petals have 
fallen. 
A very pretty Claytonia grows at an 
elevation of 8,000 feet on the sides of 
Mount Rainier. 
It grows in the pumice fields sur¬ 
rounded by large fields of snow. 
The leaves are evergreen. 
The flowers grow in a purple head. 
No. 5. 
