Family: Rosaceae
Scientific Name: Waldsteinia ternata
Common Name: Barren Strawberry
Description | A ground cover perennial with yellow flowers. Looks like wild strawberry plants. |
Pronunciation | (wald-STINE-i-a) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
Sunlight | full to part sun |
Moisture | aveage |
Soil & Site | average |
Temperature | grows best in cooler climates |
Flowers | yellow flowers, 5 sepals, 5 petals, borne in 3-8 flower corymbs |
Fruit | small red strawberry-like fruit |
Leaves | similar to the true strawberry, long petiole, 3 leaflets, palmately compound, dark green |
Dimensions | 4-6 inches tall, slowly spreading by rhizomes |
Propagation | easy by division |
Native Site | Native to the northeastern United States. |
Cultivar Origin | Named after an Austrian Botanist, Count Franz Waldstein-Wartenburg,(1759-1823). |
Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills) |
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