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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Waldsteinia fragarioides   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Waldsteinia fragarioides ssp. fragarioides   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Geum fragarioides

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

Waldsteinia fragarioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Waldsteinia fragarioides ssp. fragarioides

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-03-001:

Waldsteinia fragarioides   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Waldsteinia fragarioides var. fragarioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Waldsteinia fragarioides

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Barren Strawberry


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image of Waldsteinia fragarioides, Northern Barren Strawberry

Kevin Caldwell    kev_g_fragarioides1

April    Catawba County    NC

Petals 4-10mm (longer than the sepals), and the spread flower ~ 3/4" across, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Waldsteinia fragarioides, Northern Barren Strawberry

Kevin Caldwell    kev_g_fragarioides2

April    Catawba County    NC

image of Waldsteinia fragarioides, Northern Barren Strawberry

Kevin Caldwell    kev_g_fragarioides3

April    Catawba County    NC

Lvs 3-parted, cut to the base; leaflets wedge-shaped, toothed or scalloped, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Waldsteinia fragarioides, Northern Barren Strawberry

Kevin Caldwell    kev_g_fragarioides4

April    Catawba County    NC

Leaflet margins often incised, and leaflets quite shiny, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Waldsteinia fragarioides   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Waldsteinia fragarioides ssp. fragarioides   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Geum fragarioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Waldsteinia fragarioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Waldsteinia fragarioides ssp. fragarioides

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-03-001:
Waldsteinia fragarioides   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Waldsteinia fragarioides var. fragarioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Waldsteinia fragarioides

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2587

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: forests, streambanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Ternately compound
Basal
Petioles about 2" long

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
50 stamens or more

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Aggregate of achenes

 

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