| Indian Strawberry |
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| File size | 654295 |
| Original date | 6/20/05 11:09 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 16.2mm |
| Exposure time | 1/236s |
| Aperture | 4.9 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Duchesnea indica Family: Rosaceae (rose family)
Creeping plants from stolons with trifoliolate leaves and distinctive strawberry-like berry. This weed is similar in appearance to wild strawberry (Frageria virginiana), but wild strawberry has leaflets with pointed teeth on the upper 2/3 to 3/4 of the leaflet only. Additionally, wild strawberry has white flowers, unlike the yellow flowers of Indian mock-strawberry. Certain Cinquefoil species (Potentilla spp.) may also resemble this weed, however sulfur and oldfield cinquefoil have 5 leaflets rather than 3 leaflets of Indian mock-strawberry.
Flowers: Occur alone on long stalks (peduncles) that arise from the region between the stem and leaf petioles (leaf axils) Flowers consist of 5 yellow petals with large leafy sepals beneath.
Fruit: A red, fleshy, berry, similar to the commercially produced strawberries. The surface of the fruit contains many small pits (achenes)
| Photographed in Nainital |