Taxon: Potentilla indica (Andrews) Th. Wolf

Summary

Genus:

Potentilla

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Rosoideae

Tribe:

Potentilleae

Subtribe:

Potentillinae

Nomen number:

29500

Place of publication:

P. F. A. Ascherson & K. O. R. P. P. Graebner, Syn. mitteleur. Fl. 6:661. 1904

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25151793

Verified:

06/25/2018 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

24 (9 active, 2 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Fragaria indica Andrews

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Teschem.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
Bean, A. R. 2015. Notes on Potentilla (Rosaceae) and related genera in Australia. Muelleria 33:81.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Andrews) T. Wolf; = Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Teschem.
Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
Kalkman, C. 1968. Potentilla, Duchesnea, and Fragaria in Malesia. Blumea 16:344.
Mabberley, D. J. 2002. Potentilla and Fragaria (Rosaceae) reunited. Telopea 9:798. Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) T. Wolf
Personal Care Products Council. International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Teschem.
2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	false strawberry	as Duchesnea indica	1	Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505 Note: as Duchesnea indica
English	Indian-strawberry	as Duchesnea indica	1	Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505 Note: as Duchesnea indica
English	mock strawberry	as Duchesnea indica	1	Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505 Note: as Duchesnea indica
English	wild strawberry	as Duchesnea indica	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). Note: as Duchesnea indica
English	yellow-flower-strawberry	as Duchesnea indica	1	Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). Note: as Duchesnea indica
Transcribed Chinese	she mei	as Duchesnea indica	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Duchesnea indica

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Liaoning Sheng	s.	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Hokkaidô		Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Honshu		Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Kyushu		Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Shikoku		Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea			Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Afghanistan			Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bhutan			Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal			Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan			Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Laos			Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand			Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam			Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Jawa		Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Lesser Sunda Islands		Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines			Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
2	Cultivated	Europe	Eastern Europe	Estonia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
2	Cultivated	Europe	Middle Europe	Slovakia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized					widely natzd. elsewhere	Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Teschem.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Georgia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Eastern Europe	Ukraine			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Middle Europe	Austria			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Middle Europe	Belgium			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Middle Europe	Czech Republic			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Middle Europe	Germany			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Middle Europe	Liechtenstein			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Middle Europe	Netherlands			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Middle Europe	Switzerland			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Northern Europe	United Kingdom			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Croatia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Serbia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Slovenia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Portugal			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Iowa		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Nebraska		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Connecticut		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Indiana		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Oregon		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Delaware		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	District of Columbia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica

Native
Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
CHINA: China [Liaoning Sheng (s.)]
EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan [Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku], Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan
INDO-CHINA: Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands], Philippines

Cultivated
Europe

MIDDLE EUROPE: Slovakia
EASTERN EUROPE: Estonia

Naturalized

REGION:

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
CAUCASUS: Georgia

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Liechtenstein, Netherlands
EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Croatia, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal

Northern America

EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Oregon, Washington]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California]

Reference(s)

Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: lists as Potentilla indica (Jacks.) Th. Wolf
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: distribution data under Duchesnea indica var. indica
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Teschem.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	as Duchesnea indica	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: as Duchesnea indica
Environmental	ornamental	as Duchesnea indica	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: as Duchesnea indica
Medicines	folklore	as Duchesnea indica	Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs Note: as Duchesnea indica

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=29500. Accessed 12 May 2026.