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Appalachian Barren Strawberry

Geum fragarioides (Michx.) Smedmark

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Waldsteinia fragarioides (Michx.) Tratt. Ros
Monog. 3: 107. 1823.
Dalibarda fragarioides Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 300. 1803. Comaropsis fragarioides Nestler, Monog. Potent. 8. 1816. Geum Waldsteinia Baillon, Hist. Pi. 1: 377. 1869.
Perennial, with a horizontal rootstock; leaves basal; petioles 1-2 dm. long, glabrous or sparingly hirsute ; leaflets obovate, rounded at the apex, cuneate at the base, lobed and dentate or crenate, 2-10 cm. long, sparingly hairy on the veins or glabrate; scape erect, 1-2 dm. high; hypanthium turbinate, 3-4 mm. long, glabrous or nearly so; sepals ovate or ovate-triangular, acute, 4-5 mm. long; petals bright-yellow, obovate or oval, 6-10 mm. long; achenes 4-6, finely pubescent.
Type locality: Not given.
Distribution: Woods and shady banks, from New Brunswick to Georgia, Indiana, and Minnesota.
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Per Axel Rydberg. 1913. ROSACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 22(5). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Waldsteinia fragarioides

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Waldsteinia fragarioides (syn. Dalibarda fragarioides Michx. and Geum fragarioides, [1] also called Appalachian barren strawberry,[2] or just barren strawberry, is a low, spreading plant with showy yellow flowers that appear in early spring. This plant is often used as an underplanting in perennial gardens.

In some ways the appearance is similar to other low plants of the rose family such as Fragaria (strawberries) or Potentilla indica (Indian strawberry), but it lacks runners and has more rounded leaves.[3]

It is native to eastern North America, from Minnesota, Ontario,[4] Quebec, and Maine south to Indiana and Pennsylvania (and as far south as North Carolina in the mountains).[3]

It is evergreen.[5]

Conservation status in the United States

It is listed endangered in Connecticut,[6] Illinois, and Maine, as threatened in New Hampshire, as a special concern in Massachusetts, and as rare in Indiana.[7]

Native American ethnobotany

The Iroquois take a compound decoction of the plants as a blood remedy, and apply a poultice of the smashed plants to snakebites.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Plants Profile for Waldsteinia fragarioides (Appalachian barren strawberry)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Waldsteinia fragarioides". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b Roger Tory Peterson and Margaret McKenny (1968). A Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-central North America. ISBN 978-0-395-91172-3.
  4. ^ Dickinson, T.; Metsger, D.; Bull, J.; & Dickinson, R. (2004). ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., p.343.
  5. ^ Richardson, Marc and Dan Jaffe (2018). Native Plants for New England Gardens, p.32.
  6. ^ "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2018.(Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)
  7. ^ "Plants Profile for Waldsteinia fragarioides (Appalachian barren strawberry)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  8. ^ Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 352

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Waldsteinia fragarioides: Brief Summary

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Waldsteinia fragarioides (syn. Dalibarda fragarioides Michx. and Geum fragarioides, also called Appalachian barren strawberry, or just barren strawberry, is a low, spreading plant with showy yellow flowers that appear in early spring. This plant is often used as an underplanting in perennial gardens.

In some ways the appearance is similar to other low plants of the rose family such as Fragaria (strawberries) or Potentilla indica (Indian strawberry), but it lacks runners and has more rounded leaves.

It is native to eastern North America, from Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and Maine south to Indiana and Pennsylvania (and as far south as North Carolina in the mountains).

It is evergreen.

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