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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Rosaceae
Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke
false strawberry, Indian strawberry
Duchesnea: after A.N. Duchesne (1747-1827), a French botanist
indica: of or from or referring in some way to India
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| Status: | Introduced - locally established |
| Plant: | creeping, perennial forb; stems thin, with a few leaves from the nodes; short rhizomes |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/2" wide, 5 sepals alternating with and shorter than the large, leaf-like, 3 toothed bracts below the flower; blooms April-Aug. |
| Fruit: | red berry, not juicy or edible |
| Leaf: | long stalked, 3-parted, basal, oval to elliptical |
| Habitat: | disturbed areas |
| (Glossary) |
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