[Sca-cooks] mock strawberries

[Susan Fox]

I think we got hit with this weed.  I saw one and said Hey Great, a 
volunteer strawberry, let's eat it!   Yuck-o.

How it's managing to survive in a well-watered mint patch, I'm not sure, 
but I'm going to rip it out this weekend.

Selene

Cindy Sorenson wrote:
> 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
>>>