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Potentilla indica

Potentilla indica (Andr.) Wolf  

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Family: Rosaceae
Indian strawberry
[Duchesnea indica (Andr.) Focke]
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Lfls ovate or elliptic, 2-4 cm, crenate, sparsely strigose beneath; peduncles 3-10 cm; fls 14-18 mm wide; fr resembling a strawberry but insipid, 1 cm thick; 2n=42, 84. Native of Asia, established in moist waste places here and there in our range. Apr.-Aug.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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