Plants : PortulacaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Claytonia sibirica L.

Pink Purslane

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Claytonia sibirica

Description: This is an attractive low-growing herbaceous plant, with abundant pale pink flowers produced throughout the summer. It is native to eastern Siberia and western North America and was introduced to the British Isles as a garden plant, but has "escaped" into a scattering of semi-wild woodland situations across Northern Ireland.

All names: Claytonia sibirica L.; Montia sibirica (L.) Howell; Claytonia alsinoides Sims

Distribution Map from NBN: Claytonia sibirica at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Claytonia sibirica at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Claytonia sibirica. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3080. Accessed on 2026-11-02.