General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 4 to 6 inches (10-15cm)
Plant Spread: 6 to 12 inches (15-30cm)
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Semi-evergreen
Other: Evergreen in warmer climates, deciduous at colder extremes of hardiness.
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Tolerates dry shade
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Stolons and runners

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Common names
  • Barren Strawberry
  • Waldsteinia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Geum ternatum
  • Synonym: Waldsteinia ternata

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Location: Fairfax, VA
ID'ed this one. Ihave photos of the older one. I think it's this
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-14

Date: 2021-09-17
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-10
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2017-03-30
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-10

Date: 2022-04-12
Location: Fairfax, VA

Date: 2024-04-12
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2008-04-27
  5:21 pm.  Love that buttercup yellow, without it being a bad pl
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Springing up LITERALLY after cutting back and stripping all the o
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Fuzzy <3
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
New leaves and buds. It's blooming after being stripped down.
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-05-30
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-05-11
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-03
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-05-11

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
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Comments:
  • Posted by Cyclaminist (Minneapolis, Minnesota - Zone 5a) on Apr 30, 2016 11:40 PM concerning plant:
    This species is native to Asia and Europe. Very similar to Geum fragarioides, the North American species. Not sure what the differences are.

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