*Potentilla indica (Andrews) Th. Wolf. Common name: Snakeberry, Mock Strawberry, Indian Strawberry. Phenology: Feb-Nov; Feb-Nov. Habitat: Disturbed areas, lawns, gardens, weedy clearings. Distribution: 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. Potentilla hebiichigo is similar and has been overlooked in eastern North America.
Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia
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Synonymy ⓘ: Potentilla indica (Andrews) Th.Wolf; = K4, Mi, NE, NY, Va, Faghir, Pourebrahim, & Shahi Shavvon (2022), Yonekura, Ohashi, & Ohashi (2008); Duchesnea fragiformis G.Don; Fragaria indica Andrews; Potentilla durandii Torr. & A.Gray; Potentilla indica (Andrews) Th.Wolf var. major Makino; = Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke — Ar, C, F, G, GrPl, Il, NcTx, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Tx, W, WH3, WV; = Fragaria indica Andrews; > Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke var. indica — Can, FNA9; Fragaria indica Andrews. Basionym: Fragaria indica Andrews 1807
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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Horticultural Information
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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