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
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Whether to place this in Geum or Waldsteinia is still being debated; stay tuned! Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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.
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Kevin Caldwell kev_g_fragarioides2
April Catawba County NC
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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.
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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
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p190?
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p187?
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p427
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p265
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p027
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p124?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p157?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p071?
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