Barren strawberry, Potentilla sterilis

Rose family (Rosaceae)

• Flowers: White with 5 petals, 10-15mm across (2/5-3/5in)
• Leaves: Bluish green, trifoliate, with tooth at tip of leaflets shorter than those on either side.
• Fruit: Ripe fruit does not become fleshy and red.
• Habitat: Woodlands and scrub.
• Season: Blooms Feb-May.

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