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, 21 December 2024. A specimen has been deposited at UNC-Chapel Hill herbarium and at the Smithsonian (US). 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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