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Mock strawberry

Duchesnea indica

Photo by mauna Kunzah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small red fruit growing low to the ground. Still edible, though tasteless.

Habitat:

These were growing in the grass.

Reference Links:

Mock strawberry - Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
mauna Kunzah
I believe you are correct. Thank you for the ID, Leuba!
Leuba Ridgway
Could be Potentilla Indica or mock strawberry. https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/potentilla/indica/
mauna Kunzah
Machi, you could be right. I looked at the leaves in my spotting and they don't look toothed, as they would on a strawberry plant.
Machi
It could be snake berry, which is inedible. The seeds sticking out the way the are makes me think so http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_strawberry
mauna Kunzah
Hm, NewYorker, I'm really not sure. I read on Wikipedia that berries in the Fragaria genus are edible, but it's possible that there are exceptions.
Evergreen
Saw some of these in my neighborhood. Are they edible?

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PublishedJuly 8, 2013

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