Common Name: narrowleaf spring beautyScientific Name: Claytonia virginica L.Family Name: Portulacaceae - Purslane FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed and corms Stemsupright, smooth, solitary, light green or sometimes red-tinged, somewhat fleshy or succulent, arising from a corm Leavesopposite, linear or linear-lanceolate, entire, fleshy or succlulent, single pair midway on stem leaves Flowers5-petaled, white or pale pinkish white with narrow pink stripes, 2-sepaled, sepals green, flower close with cloudy weather and at night; terminal raceme, loose and somewhat flaccid