Waldsteinia fragarioides explained
Waldsteinia fragarioides (syn. Dalibarda fragarioides Michx. and Geum fragarioides, [1] 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.[2]
It is native to eastern North America, from Minnesota, Ontario,[3] Quebec, and Maine south to Indiana and Pennsylvania (and as far south as North Carolina in the mountains).
It is evergreen.[4]
Conservation status in the United States
It is listed endangered in Connecticut,[5] Illinois, and Maine, as threatened in New Hampshire, as a special concern in Massachusetts, and as rare in Indiana.[6]
The Iroquois take a compound decoction of the plants as a blood remedy, and apply a poultice of the smashed plants to snakebites.[7]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Plants Profile for Waldsteinia fragarioides (Appalachian barren strawberry) . plants.usda.gov . 14 May 2018 . .
- Book: 978-0-395-91172-3 . A Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-central North America . . 1968 . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt . registration .
- 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.
- Richardson, Marc and Dan Jaffe (2018). Native Plants for New England Gardens, p.32.
- http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/nongame/ets15.pdf "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015"
- Web site: Plants Profile for Waldsteinia fragarioides (Appalachian barren strawberry) . plants.usda.gov . 14 May 2018 . .
- Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 352
