This took me a while to figure out but it is figured out. Still I post on here its the ID thread and I think its helpful. Its about the identification about three species of that I am absolutely sure I have seen and in posession two, maybe all three. Namely: Fragaria Vesca, Potentilla Sterilis and Potentilla Indica
Fragaria Vesca
Fragaria Vesca is the original and natural strawberry that I absolutely love since ever, as they always grew in my area and they are heavenly delicious, tasty, fragrant and aromatic. Yet small
It is easy to tell one is looking at them, first of all they generally resemble strawberries with trifoilate toothed leaves, spreading by runners and so on. Most obvious would be: The fruit, as described above, sadly the fruit wont always show up, in that case it can be distinguished from Potentilla Sterilis by the leaves: The terminal tooth on the leave, so the last tooth opposing the leaves stem, extends beyond the ones on either side of it, as opposed to P. Sterilis where the last tooth will be extend only so far to level out with those on either side or even be shorter. In my experience its best to tell from new growth because the teeth on the leaves might show signs of burn. Then also Fragaria Vesca has petals that are close to each other whilst P. Sterilis petals barely touch sometimes even dont touch at all. The sepals of Fragaria Vesca will be shorter than those of P. Sterilis and barely visible in front view because of the perals covering them, in P. Sterilis the longer sepals can be seen on between the petals again, because of the petals spacing.
Potentilla Sterilis
I could not find any use for P. Sterilis yet, still, to identify it there is several clues additional to those above. Especially P. Sterilis does not produce true runners and also you will find more of an orange in the flower while the Fragaria Vesca is yellow, also the shape of the flowers center appears to be different. Whilst Fragarias center is a round filled bump the Potentillas center is a hollow circle.
Potentilla Indica
Potentilla Indica is an asian species that is invasive in many areas and produces fruits that resemble strawberries at first glimpse, but: The seeds arent recessed in the "berry" but raised above its surface and also the seeds will be red instead of the usual yellow. The fruit will be protected by an arrangement of leaves that will later fold back, unlike as in Fragaria Vesca. The fruits are white inside, the fruits are edible but taste close to nothing. I found the Potentilla Indicas terminal tooth to be longer than the neighboring ones and the leaves are used as skin eczema treatment.
Rose that might be the solution to your intimate problem btw, and what does "secret" mean ?
I have no own 100% sure picture of a P Sterilis as I'm not sure if I have yet ran into one. At least two of these are of some use so keep your eyes open for fruits, tea and so on. Uuuuhhh and I can supply #1 and #3
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