Barren Strawberry
Waldsteinia fragarioides
Barren strawberry is a tidy, strawberry-like native groundcover with glossy semi-evergreen leaves and bright yellow spring flowers, an easy, drought-tolerant carpet for part to full shade.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.25–0.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- mammals, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV