Northern Barren Strawberry Waldsteinia fragarioides
Other Common Name(s):
Previously known as:
- Geum fragarioides
- Phonetic Spelling
- wald-STINE-ee-uh fray-gare-ee-OY-deez
- Description
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Barren Strawberry is perennial, evergreen wildflower that can be used as groundcover and is native to Eastern Canada and United States. It can be found naturally in forests and streambanks. Small yellow flowers grow where there are woods, thickets, and clearings. Endangered in parts of its' range.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Waldsteinia
- Species:
- fragarioides
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Dimensions:
- Height: 0 ft. 3 in. - 0 ft. 6 in.
- Width: 0 ft. 1 in. - 1 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Native Plant
- Wildflower
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Creeping
- Maintenance:
- Low
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- High Organic Matter
- Loam (Silt)
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Occasionally Dry
- Available Space To Plant:
- 12 inches-3 feet
- 3 feet-6 feet
- NC Region:
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b
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Fruit:
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Spring
- Summer
- Fruit Description:
- Fruits are available March-June.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Shape:
- Radial
- Flower Petals:
- 4-5 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- < 1 inch
- Flower Description:
- Yellow flowers on a leafless stalk; five petals and sepals. Flowers bloom March-May.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Margin:
- Lobed
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Long-stalked evergreen leaf with three 1-2 in. wedge-shaped, toothed leaflets
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Woodland
- Landscape Theme:
- Native Garden
- Attracts:
- Small Mammals
- Songbirds
