Waldsteinia ternata

Waldsteinia ternata blossoming in my garden in April

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Articles

• Waldsteinia - Waldsteinia is a genus of the rose family (Rosaceae). It contains about six species native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. A number of species are cultivated as a ground cover in gardens - Wikipedia
  
• Waldsteinia, which is also known as barren strawberry, is a compact plant grown primarily as a ground cover. Features strawberry-like, trifoliate leaves arranged in rosettes, 5-petaled, strawberry-like, yellow flowers and inedible fruit (berries). Typically grows 4-6" tall and spreads by stolons and rhizomes to form a thick carpet of foliage. - read more
• Landscape habit, uses: native or woodland gardens, rock gardens, beneath shrubs and in between hostas, edging or filling areas along paths - read more
  
• The foliage, which is evergreen, attractively serrated and lobed, and resembles that of strawberries, builds up into dense, weed-smothering carpets. - BBC Plant finder
  

Medicinal properties

• Isolation and characterization of an antiviral flavonoid from Waldsteinia fragarioides (NB this article is not about W. ternata!)
  

Notes

• Is an excellent ground cover and grows both in the full sun and in the shade
  

Videos

• Growing Ground Covers in Your Garden
• Waldsteinia in a meditation garden
  

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