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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