Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Geum lobatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Piedmont Barren Strawberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Waldsteinia lobata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Waldsteinia lobata
COMMON NAME:
Piedmont Barren Strawberry, Lobed Barren Strawberry
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JK Marlow jkm190412_7233
April Rabun County GA
Leaves are three-lobed (not divided), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm190412_7235
April Rabun County GA
Leaves rounded, with a heart-shaped base and 3-5 shallow lobes, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm190412_7239
April Rabun County GA
Found in a small area in northern GA, northwest SC, & southwest NC, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm190412_7241
April Rabun County GA
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JK Marlow jkm190412_7242
April Rabun County GA
Small patches spread by underground stems and runners, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Owen Carson owc_waldlob1_2
April Jackson County NC
The green, triangular, spreading sepals are often longer than the petals, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Owen Carson owc_waldlob1_3
April Jackson County NC
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Owen Carson owc_waldlob1_4
April Jackson County NC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmwlobata_pl1
May
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmwlobata_pl2
May
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JK Marlow jkm071101_017
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm071101_024
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Geum lobatum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Waldsteinia lobata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Waldsteinia lobata
1672
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare (an endemic)
Look for it in forests, on streambanks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
FRUIT:
Summer
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p189
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p427
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p027
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p071