North Carolina Botanical Garden

Plant Index

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Waldsteinia fragarioides

Waldsteinia fragarioides (Michx.) Tratt.

appalachian barren strawberry

Image ID: 18288
Image by: Sorrie, Bruce A.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: WAFR
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Waldsteinia fragarioides
Include in WOTAS: 1
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2019-12-01
SELECTED SYNONYM: Waldsteinia fragarioides

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: WALDS
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Waldsteinia
GENUS AUTHORITY: Willd.
GENUS COMMON: Barren strawberry
GENUS SUMMARY:
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GENUS REFERENCES: USDA Plants

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: ROSACE
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Rosaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Rose Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 85-95 genera and 2000-3000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, nearly cosmopolitan, but mainly boreal and temperate.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Phipps in FNA (2014); Potter et al. (2007); Eriksson et al. (2003); Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004); Ertter (2007).

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO: Low, mat-forming perennial of moist to dry upland forests, rocky woodlands, bluffs and stream banks.
STEMS: Stems creeping, runner-like rhizomes; leaves arise separately from flower stalks.
LEAVES: Leaves erect; long-petiolate; divided into 3 shallowly lobed and toothed, wedge-shaped leaflets, each 1-2 in. long; semi-evergreen.
INFLORESCENCE:
FLOWERS: Flowers in a small cluster at the top of a separate stalk, about equal in height to the leaves; yellow; slightly more than 1/2 in. wide; consisting of 5 elliptic and round-tipped petals, 5 shorter lance-shaped sepals, and numerous stamens surrounding a green, aggregate ovary with multiple styles.
FRUITS: Fruit a head of several finely hairy, tiny achenes.
COMMENTS: The similar Geum donianum is distinguished by petals that are shorter than or equal to the sepals.
HEIGHT: 3-6 in.

DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb

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FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
BLOOM TIME: Mar-May

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BLOOM COLOR: Yellow

White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable
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FRUITING PERIOD: May-Jun.

DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Dry forests, Moist forests, Outcrops and glades
NATIVE RANGE: eastern North America

HORTICULTURAL
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SOIL MOISTURE: Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade
MINIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 4
MAXIMUM HARDINESS ZONE: 7
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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
5228	1995-0347			View
8685	2006-0335	2006-10-25		View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
7681	5228	203	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
11903	8685	136	NCBG staff	2000-01-01	View
13771	0	71	Liloia	0000-00-00	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: WAFR
USDA Common Name: Appalachian Barren Strawberry
Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, ON, QC)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Rosaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Rose Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 85-95 genera and 2000-3000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, nearly cosmopolitan, but mainly boreal and temperate.
REFERENCE: Phipps in FNA (2014); Potter et al. (2007); Eriksson et al. (2003); Kalkman in Kubitzki (2004); Ertter (2007).

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Waldsteinia Willd. (Barren strawberry)
SUMMARY:
REFERENCE: USDA Plants

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Waldsteinia fragarioides in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Waldsteinia fragarioides in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Waldsteinia fragarioides in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Waldsteinia fragarioides in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Waldsteinia fragarioides in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Waldsteinia fragarioides

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 18288 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 18289 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 0 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)