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| Family:
Rosaceae |
| Scientific
Name: Waldsteinia ternata |
| Common
Name: Barren Strawberry |
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Description: | A ground cover perennial with yellow flowers. | Pronunciation: | (wald-STINE-i-a) |
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plant
type:
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Perennials Hardy |
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Hardiness
zone:
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4-7 |
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Sunlight:
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full to part sun |
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Moisture:
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aveage |
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Soil
& Site:
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average |
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Media:
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Temperature:
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grows best in cooler climates |
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Flowers:
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yellow flowers, 5 sepals, 5 petals, borne in 3-8 flower corymbs, small red fruit |
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Foliage:
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leaves simialr to the truw satrawberry, long petiole, 3 leaflets, palmately compound, dark green |
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Dimensions:
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4-6 inches tall, slowly spreading by rhizomes |
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Maintenance:
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Propagation:
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easy by division |
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Origin & History:
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Named after an AUstrian Botanist, Count Franz Waldstein-Wartenburg,(1759-1823). NAtive to the northeastern United States. |
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