Claytonia

E288648

plant genus taxon

Claytonia is a small genus of flowering plants commonly known as spring beauties, valued for their delicate early-season blooms in temperate regions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Claytonia canonical	1
Claytonia caroliniana	1
Claytonia megarhiza	1
Claytonia perfoliata	1
Claytonia sibirica	1
Claytonia virginica	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2686649 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Claytonia
Context triple: [Portulacaceae, notableGenus, Claytonia]

A. Abronia
Abronia is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sand-verbenas, native to North America and often found in sandy or coastal habitats.
B. Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
C. Liatris
Liatris is a genus of North American flowering plants known for their tall spikes of purple or white blooms, commonly called blazing stars or gayfeathers and popular in ornamental gardening.
D. Larkspur
Larkspur is a small, affluent city in Marin County, California, known for its charming historic downtown and role as a commuter hub to San Francisco via nearby ferry services.
E. Sego lily
The Sego lily is a delicate, white-petaled wildflower native to the western United States, particularly associated with Utah, where it holds cultural and historical significance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Claytonia
Target entity description: Claytonia is a small genus of flowering plants commonly known as spring beauties, valued for their delicate early-season blooms in temperate regions.

A. Abronia
Abronia is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sand-verbenas, native to North America and often found in sandy or coastal habitats.
B. Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
C. Liatris
Liatris is a genus of North American flowering plants known for their tall spikes of purple or white blooms, commonly called blazing stars or gayfeathers and popular in ornamental gardening.
D. Larkspur
Larkspur is a small, affluent city in Marin County, California, known for its charming historic downtown and role as a commuter hub to San Francisco via nearby ferry services.
E. Sego lily
The Sego lily is a delicate, white-petaled wildflower native to the western United States, particularly associated with Utah, where it holds cultural and historical significance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	plant genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ
belongsTo	Montiaceae ⓘ
clade	Magnoliophyta ⓘ surface form: Angiosperms Eudicots ⓘ
commonName	spring beauties ⓘ
describedAs	small genus of flowering plants ⓘ
distribution	Asia ⓘ North America ⓘ
ecologicalRole	early-season nectar source for pollinators ⓘ
family	Montiaceae ⓘ
floweringSeason	early spring ⓘ
flowerType	actinomorphic (radially symmetric) flowers ⓘ
growthCycle	annual (in some species) ⓘ perennial (in many species) ⓘ
growthForm	herbaceous perennial ⓘ
habitat	meadows ⓘ mountainous regions ⓘ woodlands ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	delicate flowers ⓘ produces early-season blooms ⓘ
hasEdiblePart	leaves of some species ⓘ tubers of some species ⓘ
hasFlowerColor	pale purple (in some species) ⓘ pink (in many species) ⓘ white (in many species) ⓘ
includesSpecies	Claytonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Claytonia caroliniana Claytonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Claytonia megarhiza Claytonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Claytonia perfoliata Claytonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Claytonia sibirica Claytonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Claytonia virginica
kingdom	Plantae ⓘ
leafType	simple leaves ⓘ
namedAfter	John Clayton ⓘ
nativeTo	temperate regions of Asia ⓘ temperate regions of North America ⓘ
order	Caryophyllales ⓘ
petalNumber	five petals (in many species) ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway	C3 ⓘ
pollination	insect-pollinated ⓘ
prefersSoil	moist well-drained soils ⓘ
reproduction	by seed ⓘ vegetative reproduction by tubers or rhizomes ⓘ
seedDispersal	gravity and small animals ⓘ
shadeTolerance	partial shade tolerant ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ
usedAs	ornamental garden plant ⓘ
valuedFor	ornamental early-spring display ⓘ