Claytonia virginia
 
Blooms: early
Height: <1’
Habitat: mesic to dry savanna, open woodlands
Perennial
Family: Montiaceae
Sun/Shade: natural shade to part-sun
Pollinator service: Crucial to our earliest pollinator, especially bumblebees, roots are edible 
 
NOTES: 
Cute. Cute. Cute! Pink and white candy-strip flowers. Fills pesky bare spots in natural heavy shade. Ideal for sedge lawns. 

PAIR IT! 
Wild strawberry, Pennsylvania sedge