INDIAN-STRAWBERRY
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Duchesnea indica (Andr. ) Focke
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| Riley County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: Prostrate to spreading |
| Family: Rosaceae - Rose Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July, August, September |
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| Also Called: | | Indian mock-strawberry. | | Stems: | | Simple or branched, 0.3 to 30 inches, pubescent to sparsely lanate, without prickles. | | Leaves: | | Basal or cauline, alternate, 3-foliolate; stipules leaf-like; petiole .8 to 10 inches; blade cordate in outline, .4 to 2.75 inches; leaflets obovate or elliptic, .7 to 2.3 inches, margins doubly serrate to crenate, surfaces sparsely strigose below, glabrous or pilose above. | | Inflorescences: | | Axillary at stolon nodes, flowers solitary; peduncle 1.2 to 4.7 inches. | | Flowers: | | Hypanthium cup-shaped; sepals 5, spreading, ovate to lanceolate, .12 to .4 inch, subtended by 5 obovate bractlets, 3-5-toothed apically; petals 5, yellow, cuneate-oblong, .12 to .3 inch; stamens 20-30; receptacle turbinate to hemispheric; pistils 50-100, distinct, free. | | Fruits: | | Accessory, receptacle red, accrescent, fleshy, ovoid to globose, .4 to .8 inch, bearing numerous superficial achenes. Achenes red, ovoid, .04 to .06 inch, smooth. | | Habitat: | | Lawns, parks, cemeteries, moist places with sparse vegetation. | | Distribution: | | Scattered in eastern Kansas | | Origin: | | Introduced | | Comments: | | The fruits resemble smaller versions of our wild strawberries, but they are not juicy and lack flavor. |
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