What is "spring beauty"

Claytonia \Clay*to"ni*a\, prop. n. [Named after Dr. John Clayton, an American botanist.] (Bot.) An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty.

n. 1 Any of various species of flowering plant of the genus ''Claytonia'', primarily native to the Americas and northeastern Asia. 2 A small American butterfly (genus ''Erora'') which appears in spring. The hind wings of the male are brown, bordered with deep blue; those of the female are mostly blue.

n. small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm [syn: Clatonia lanceolata]