[Sca-cooks] mock strawberries

[Cindy Sorenson]

For more on this berry:

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2018/

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/mock_strawberry.htm

http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/ducin.htm



> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Berry answer found...

. who knew I was one page away from
> > getting the answer.
> > 
> > OK here is the critter in question.
> > Mock strawberry, Indian strawberry [from the country
> > of India] (Slide 7 
> >
> <http://www.southernmatters.com/native_edibles/images/7--mock_strawberry_red.jpg>,
> > 
> > //Duchesnea indica// (Andr.) Focke; see also several
> > synonyms 
> >
> <http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/synonyms.asp?plantID=155>)
> > This Asian 
> > weed has a southeastern range that extends down into
> > north Florida, 
> > where the real strawberry (/Fragaria/ spp.) is rare
> > or absent. Though 
> > edible, the mock strawberry is bland and will be a
> > certain 
> > disappointment to one who expects the semi-sweet
> > tart flavor of a 
> > strawberry. (This narrative relied on Bell C.R &
> > B.J. Tarylor (1982) 
> > /Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants/. Laurel
> > Hill Press, Chapel 
> > Hill and several www sites.
> > 
> > 
> > And here is the website so that you can see why I
> > was confused about the 
> > strawberry thing...
> > 
> > *www.southernmatters.com/native_edibles/index.htm 
> >
> <http://www.southernmatters.com/native_edibles/index.htm>
> > 
> > *Thank you this has been your botany lesson for the
> > day.
> > Nichola

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