Scientific Name
Duchesnea indica

Common Name
Indian strawberry
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
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Comments: Edible fruit; spreads by runners
 
 

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