Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Lesser Mock-strawberry - Potentilla hebiichigo   Yonek and H. Ohashi
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AuthorYonek and H. Ohashi
DistributionFirst discovered in NC by Sarah Oberlin in Greenville, Pitt County, 2 December 2024. A specimen has been deposited at UNC-Chapel Hill herbarium. This species is not included in FNA or BONAP, so it appears to be very rare in North America.

Native to Japan and southeast Asia; apparently poorly known in North America.
AbundanceA single population known in NC.
HabitatGreenville, unmarked trail leading to water/sewer line, 0.2 mile N of jct. Evans Street and Clifton Street.
PhenologyFruiting on 2 December.
IdentificationPlants sprawl on ground, with creeping stolons that root weakly at nodes. In the field it looks like a smaller version of Indian Strawberry, P. indica. Leaflets are 1.0-2.5 cm long, with margins acutely serrate (vs. 2.0-3.5 cm long and obtusely serrate). Fruits are dull red with a matte finish (vs. bright red and shiny). Petals in both species are yellow.
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Other Common Name(s)Lesser Indian-strawberry
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