Waldsteinia fragarioides

Not to be confused with Potentilla sterilis also called barren strawberry, or mock strawberry (Potentilla indica).

Barren strawberry
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Waldsteinia
Species:
W. fragarioides
Binomial name
Waldsteinia fragarioides

Waldsteinia fragarioides (syn. Dalibarda fragarioides Michx. and Geum fragarioides, [1] also called Appalachian barren strawberry,[2] or just barren strawberry, is a low, spreading plant with showy yellow flowers that appear in early spring. This plant is often used as an underplanting in perennial gardens.

In some ways the appearance is similar to other low plants of the rose family such as Fragaria (strawberries) or Potentilla indica (Indian strawberry), but it lacks runners and has more rounded leaves.[3]

It is native to eastern North America, from Minnesota, Ontario,[4] Quebec, and Maine south to Indiana and Pennsylvania (and as far south as North Carolina in the mountains).[3]

It is evergreen.[5]

  1. ^ "Plants Profile for Waldsteinia fragarioides (Appalachian barren strawberry)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Waldsteinia fragarioides​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b Roger Tory Peterson and Margaret McKenny (1968). A Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-central North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-395-91172-3.
  4. ^ Dickinson, T.; Metsger, D.; Bull, J.; & Dickinson, R. (2004). ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., p.343.
  5. ^ Richardson, Marc and Dan Jaffe (2018). Native Plants for New England Gardens, p.32.