Family:
Portulacaceae
Common Name(s):
Spring beauty
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:
Capsules lighten in color; seeds dark black and shiny
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates:
early to mid May
Seed Cleaning:
Separate seeds from capsules
Storage:
Intolerant of dry storage (Cullina 2000)
Restoration Potential:
Medium
Notes
A spring ephemeral.
Once established, plants self-sow; reach maturity in "a few years" (Cullina 2000).
Seed output moderate; vegetative spread low from a thick corm (Fernald 1950, Barkely 1986, Gleason and Cronquist 1991).
