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WaIdsteinia fragarioides |
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Barren Strawberry |
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Northeastern United States |
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Tufted perennial forming a mat |
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4-6 inches tall and 18-24 inches wide |
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Yellow flowers in
3-8 flowered corymbs borne on flower scapes, which appear above the foliage. The flowers have 5 sepals and 5 petals.
The small fruit are inedible. Waldsteinia
has 2-5 pistils and smaller fruit than the
related plant,
Duchesnea indica. |
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Late spring to
early summer. |
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Basal leaves has a long petiole, 3 leaflets
palmately compound leaflets wedge shaped
dentate, or crenate at the apex, sometimes
incised. Leaves are similar to the true
strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa. |
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Waldstenia temata - Siberian Barren
Strawberry is similar to W. fragarioides except that
W. temata has a more
compact habit. |
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Waldsteinia was named for
Count Franz Adam Waldstein-Wartenburg, an
Austrian botanist (1759-1823). |
