Indian Mock Strawberry

Duchesnea indica (Andr.) Focke

Rosaceae (Rose Family)

mature plants in turf ▲

flowering plants, showing stolons and yellow flowers ▲▼

red fruit ▲

Indian Mock Strawberry:  (pp.  296-297, Weeds of the Northeast—not in Weeds of the Great Plains)

·         a low-growing, creeping perennial weed that produces stolons in the Rosaceae (Rose) family

·         leaves are dark green, trifoliate with scalloped (not toothed as in tame strawberry) margins

·         has  5-petaled yellow flowers followed by 3 -1/2 inch diameter red strawberry like fruit (no flavor)

·         wildlife eat fruit, spreading plant by seed, then can form large patches from stolons

·         tolerates shade & full sun