Species: Indian Strawberry (Potentilla indica)
Family: Roses (Rosaceae)
Category: Flowering Plants
Location: NE
A. Flowering Plants
More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Roses (Rosaceae)
The Rose family gives us many of our most commercially important fruits, such as the Prunus species. They have alternate leaves and 5-petalled flowers.
C. Indian Strawberry (Potentilla indica)
This introduced species has yellow flowers and a bland, dry strawberry-like fruit that is not worth eating, but it has since its introduction spread widely, and is the subject of circulars warning gardeners of its tenacious nature.
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Indian Strawberry
The introduced Indian Strawberry has yellow flowers and a dry strawberry-like fruit that is not worth eating.
