Rosaceae
Appalachian barren strawberry
Waldsteinia fragarioides
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Waldsteinia
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Common names
By language (7)
- arz
- فالدستينيا فراجاريويدس
- English
- Appalachian barren strawberry, Barren strawberry
- Finnish
- Amerikanansikka
- French
- Waldsteinie faux-fraisier
- German
- Gekerbte Waldsteinie, Appalachian-Golderdbeere, Erdbeer-Waldsteinie
- mul
- Appalachian barren strawberry, Barren strawberry, Northern barren strawberry
- Russian
- Вальдштейния земляниковидная
Synonyms
- Bossekia fragarioides (Michx.) Raf.
- Comaropsis fragarioides (Michx.) DC. ex Ser.
- Dalibarda fragarioides Michx.
- Geum fragarioides (Michx.) Smedmark
- Rubus fragarioides (Michx.) Dum.Cours.
- Waldsteinia fragarioides var. fragarioides
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.