Rosaceae
Barren strawberry
Potentilla sterilis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
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Common names
By language (16)
- Catalan
- Fragassa de bosc, Potentille stérile
- Czech
- Mochna jahodovitá
- Dutch
- Aardbeiganzerik
- English
- Barren strawberry, Strawberryleaf cinquefoil, Strawberry-leaved cinquefoil
- French
- Potentille stérile, Potentille faux fraisier
- German
- Erdbeer-Fingerkraut, Erdbeerfingerkraut, Potentille stérile
- hsb
- Truskalcojty porstnik
- kw
- Sevi goog, Sevien goog
- Lithuanian
- Potentille stérile
- Polish
- Pięciornik płonny
- Russian
- Лапчатка бесплодная
- Slovak
- Nátržník jahodovitý
- Slovenian
- Jalovi petoprstnik
- Spanish
- Fresa esteril, Fresa estéril
- Swedish
- Smultronfingerört, Potentille stérile
- Welsh
- Llwyn Coeg-fefus
Synonyms
- Comarum fragarioides Roth
- Dactylophyllum fragariastrum Ehrh. ex Spenn.
- Fraga sterilis (L.) Lapeyr.
- Fragaria praecox Kit. ex Schult.
- Fragaria praecox Salisb.
- Fragaria praecox Kit. ex Tratt.
- Fragaria sicca Gilib.
- Fragaria sterilis L.
- Fragariastrum sterile (L.) Schur
- Potentilla emarginata Desf.
- Potentilla fragaria Poir.
- Potentilla fragaria unranked crassa F.W.Schultz
- Potentilla fragaria var. breviscapa Roth
- Potentilla fragaria var. emarginata Ser.
- Potentilla fragariastrum Ehrh. ex Pers.
- Potentilla fragariastrum unranked breviscapa Bogenh.
- Potentilla fragariastrum var. eflagellis Beckh.
- Potentilla fragariastrum var. reticulata F.W.Schultz
- Potentilla fragariifolia C.C.Gmel.
- Potentilla fragarioides Vill.
- Potentilla gunneri Hartm.
- Potentilla micrantha f. maritima Guinea
- Potentilla prostrata Moench
- Potentilla sicca Gilib. ex Samp.
- Potentilla sterilis f. eflagellis (Beckh.) Th.Wolf
- Potentilla sterilis unranked crassa (F.W.Schultz) Poeverl.
- Potentilla sterilis var. fragariastrum Ehrh. ex Fiori
- Potentilla sterilis var. permixta Gremli
- Potentilla villosa Dulac
- Tormentilla fragaroides Raf.
- Tormentilla obovatifolia Stokes
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.