Species

Potentilla indica

Etymology

Potentilla: rather powerful (supposed medical effects)

Common Name(s)

Indian strawberry

Authority

Potentilla indica (Andrews) Th.Wolf

Family

Rosaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

DUCIND

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Synonyms

Fragaria indica Andrews, Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke

Flower Colours

Yellow

Year Naturalised

1935

Origin

India, E. Asia

This page last updated on 12 Oct 2016