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claytonia|kleɪˈtəʊnɪə|
[mod.L. (J. F. Gronovius in Linnæus's Genera Plantarum (1737) 339), f. the name of John Clayton, Virginian botanist (1686–1773): see -ia1.]
A plant of a genus of small herbs so called, belonging to the family Portulacaceæ, and native to North America, Siberia, and Australasia; = spring-beauty (see spring n.1 7 c).
1789W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis I. 284 Virginian Claytonia... Spear-leav'd Claytonia. Nat. of North America. 1818Mass. Hist. Coll. VIII. 168 Among our herbaceous wild plants, the first that appear are the delicate claytonia, the..hepatica [etc.]. 1837J. Paxton Let. 10 Oct. in W. Baxter Brit. Phænogamous Bot. (1839) IV. pl. 253, I have this morning gathered specimens of Claytonia from the very places in which I originally found it. 1880Scribner's Monthly May 101/2 A good sample of our native purslane is the Claytonia, or spring beauty. 1934A. Russell Tramp-Royal xx. 124 All the best stock-fattening plants peculiar to the region—the two succulent claytonia—the parakylia and munyeroo. 1963Austral. Encycl. I. 34/1 The dampers form a staple food among inland tribes where several plants, particularly claytonia and nardoo, produce enormous quantities of seeds. |