Spring Beauty is a member of the 
        Portulaca Family. 
        
         The 
        plant grows to 4 inches in height and has smooth, dark green, 
        lance shaped leaves  that grow in a single pair on opposite sides of the 
        stem to 
        1.75 inches in length. The plant 
        typically grows in moist coniferous forests at elevations between 
        5500 - 8000 feet. 
 
          
          
            
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               The Spring Beauty at right was 
              photographed in the pine forests around Sedona.  | 
             
           
          
          Spring Beauty blooms between February - May and 
          produces a white to pinkish flower with 5 petals to 5/8 inches in 
          width. The stamens of the flower are tipped with pink. 
        
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