mystery wild berry

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by jendndre, Jul 2, 2008.

  1. jendndre

    jendndre Member

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    Hello.
    My sister found this berry in her backyard. I have searched the web and have not been able to identify it. I found a berry that looks similiar (thimbleberry) but the leaves don't match. Can you help? Is it a wild strawberry of some sort? Thanks. I attached 3 pics. Let me know if they show up.
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  2. tipularia

    tipularia Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Looks like Duchesnea indica
     
  3. Michael F

    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Now Potentilla indica:

    Eriksson, T., Hibbs, M. S., Yoder, A. D. Delwiche, C. F. & Donoghue, M. J. (2003). The Phylogeny of Rosoideae (Rosaceae) based on sequences of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA and the TRNL/F region of chloroplast DNA. Int. J. Plant Sci. 164(2): 197–211. http://www.biology.duke.edu/yoderlab/pdfs/2003,%20Eriksson%20et%20al,%20IJPS.pdf (pdf file).
     

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