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Common Name: Indian Strawberry or Mock Strawberry
Scientific Name: Duchesnea indica
Family: Rosaceae
Serendipity Ranch
Columbus, North Carolina
June 8, 2002
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A low perennial with trifoliate leaves similar to those of the true strawberry but with yellow petals and a pulpy, tasteless fruit surrounded by 5 large toothed bracts. Note that Cinquefoil, the next species, has 5 leaflets and smaller bracts. An introduced weed found in lawns, pastures, open woods, and on roadsides at scattered localities throughout our state and area. February - October [Justice, William S. and Bell, C. Ritchie, Wild Flowers of North Carolina. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1968]
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Alphabetical Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Family Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Genus Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z