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*Potentilla indica (Andrews) T. Wolf. Snakeberry, Mock Strawberry, Indian Strawberry. Phen: Feb-frost. Hab: Disturbed areas, lawns, gardens, weedy clearings. Dist: Native of Asia.

ID notes: The strawberry-like fruit is not sweet; it can also be distinguished from Fragaria by its whitish interior flesh. The leaves are more coarsely and crenately toothed than Fragaria

Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia

Other Comments: .

Synonymy ⓘ: = K3, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Va; = Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke – Ar, C, F, G, GrPl, Il, K1, NcTx, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Tx, W, WH3, WV; = Fragaria indica Andrews; > Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke var. indica – FNA9

Links to other floras: > Duchesnea indica var. indica - FNA9

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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NCBG trait

Intro: A low, creeping perennial of disturbed areas, lawns, gardens and weedy clearings. Native of Asia.

Stems: Stems often erect at first but becoming prostrate and creeping; covered with silky to stiff hairs.

Leaves: Leaves basal; petiolate; divided into 3 oval leaflets, each about 3/4-2 in. long, coarsely toothed and sparsely hairy beneath.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary on stalks from leaf axils; yellow; 1/2-1 in. wide; consisting of 5 blunt-tipped oval petals, 5 pointed hairy sepals and many stamens circling the yellow center.

Fruits: Fruit an aggregate of tiny achenes on a red strawberry-like head; dry and bland to the taste.

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Height: 1-4 in.

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description: A low, creeping perennial of disturbed areas, lawns, gardens and weedy clearings. Native of Asia.

stems: Stems often erect at first but becoming prostrate and creeping; covered with silky to stiff hairs.

leaves: Leaves basal; petiolate; divided into 3 oval leaflets, each about 3/4-2 in. long, coarsely toothed and sparsely hairy beneath.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary on stalks from leaf axils; yellow; 1/2-1 in. wide; consisting of 5 blunt-tipped oval petals, 5 pointed hairy sepals and many stamens circling the yellow center.

fruits: Fruit an aggregate of tiny achenes on a red strawberry-like head; dry and bland to the taste.

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