spring beauty

Claytonia virginica

Noun

  • Any of various species of flowering plant of the genus Claytonia, primarily native to the Americas and northeastern Asia.
  • A small American butterfly, the early hairstreak (Erora laeta (species)), which appears in spring. The hind wings of the male are brown, bordered with deep blue; those of the female are mostly blue.

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