Scientific Name
Duchesnea indica
Common Name
Indian strawberry
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
3 to 8 inches
Flower/fruit:
Single yellow flower with five petals; five 3-toothed, leaf-like bracts; pulpy, tasteless fruit surrounded by 5 large bracts
Flowering Season:
Spring
Foliage:
Trifoliate leaves with ovate to elliptical, toothed lobes; trailing habit
Site:
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Comments:
Edible fruit; spreads by runners
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