Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
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.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1913. ROSACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 22(5). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
