Indian Mock Strawberry
Duchesnea indica (Andr.) Focke
Rosaceae (Rose Family)
▲▼mature plants in turf
▲▼mature plants in landcape beds, showing stolons, yellow flowers
▲ flower
▲▼ fruit
Indian Mock Strawberry:
· 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