Common name:
Barren strawberry
Family:
Scientific name:
Potentilla sterilis
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK
Height:
Up to 15 cm
Habitat:
Woodland, hedgebanks, dry grassland
Flowers:
Five white, well-separated petals, around 7 mm long, and five hairy triangular sepals only slightly shorter, visible from above between the petals.
Fruit:
Dry capsules
Leaves:
Dull green, trifoliate, with three stalkless ovate leaflets (up to 2.5 cm long), lined by large teeth. The terminal tooth is smaller than all the others, thus differentiating this species from fragaria vesca, for which the apical tooth is larger
Season:
March to May
Rarity:
★★★★★
