spring beauty

== English == === Alternative forms === (plant): springbeauty === Pronunciation === === Noun === spring beauty (plural spring beauties) Any of various species of flowering plant of the genus Claytonia, primarily native to the Americas and northeastern Asia. (obsolete) A small American butterfly, the early hairstreak (Erora laeta), which appears in spring. The hind wings of the male are brown, bordered with deep blue; those of the female are mostly blue. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === spring beauty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Claytonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Claytonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons spring beauty at USDA Plants database