OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Potentilla indica   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Duchesnea indica   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Snakeberry

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Duchesnea indica var. indica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-02-001:

Duchesnea indica   FAMILY Rosaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry


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image of Potentilla indica, Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_duin_001_lvd

        

image of Potentilla indica, Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry

JK Marlow    jkm0303o_06

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Potentilla indica, Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry

JK Marlow    jkm090319_001

March    Greenville County    SC

Leaves are more coarsely toothed than Fragaria, per Weakley's Flora.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Fragaria and Potentilla

image of Potentilla indica, Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry

JK Marlow    jkm090319_003

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Potentilla indica, Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry

JK Marlow    jkm100427_051

April    Greenville County    SC

5 bracts, widened upward with 3(5) teeth, interspersed with 5 calyx lobes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Potentilla indica, Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry

JK Marlow    jkm210408_9346

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Potentilla indica, Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_duchesnea_indica

April        

Flowers have 5 yellow petals, narrowly obovate to elliptic, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Potentilla indica, Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_duchesnea_indica_4

April        

image of Potentilla indica, Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry

JK Marlow    jkm100516_033

May    Greenville County    SC

Fruit an aggregate of achenes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Potentilla indica, Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry

JK Marlow    jkm100516_036

May    Greenville County    SC

In contrast to Fragaria, its fruit isn't sweet and interior flesh is whitish, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Potentilla indica, Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry

JK Marlow    jkm100516_039

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Potentilla indica, Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdindica_huger

May    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Potentilla indica, Indian Strawberry, Mock Strawberry

JK Marlow    jkm100622_003

June    Greenville County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Potentilla indica   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Duchesnea indica   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Snakeberry

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Duchesnea indica var. indica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-02-001:
Duchesnea indica   FAMILY Rosaceae

 

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498

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, lawns, gardens, weedy clearings, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Asia

Common

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Ternately compound
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx/5 bracts
5 petals
20 stamens, in 3 lengths

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Red
Aggregate of achenes

 

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