What is this plant? We normally just have creeping Jenny here, which surrounds a crepe Myrtle and the crickets and cricket-eating wasps love it. (The creeping Jenny is the lighter green.)
Last year we had a Virginia creeper invasion but finally seem to have gotten it under control — and now THIS popped up all over.
Friend or foe?
by I-used2B-a-Valkyrie
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Looks like wild strawberry to me.
It does look like wild strawberry.
How does one suddenly get wild strawberry after 11 years? If that’s what it is, NO COMPLAINTS. I haven’t planted any seeds…could a bird have dropped some?
That calyx looks more like *Potentilla indica* (False Strawberry) than *Fragaria sp.* (Strawberry)
Strawberry
Strawberries among creeping jenny
Looks like mock strawberry to me.
Did you see any flowers? If they were yellow, it’s false strawberry. If they were white or pinkish, wild strawberry.
Creeping jenny is the foe as it is on the invasive plant list for both VA and NC. I’ve been trying to get it off my property for the better part of a decade since it suffocates my natives, so I flinched and cussed when I saw this plant was in the same state I’m in.
Potentilla indica (false strawberry) and creeping Jenny. Really cute in hanging baskets but not so cute in your garden bed. They both are invasive. The false strawberry are edible, but have no taste and are a weird texture. Pollinators love their yellow flowers and birds love the fruit.
Wild strawberries & creeping Jenny.