BARREN STRAWBERRY 165 
EssENTIAL SPECIFIC CHARACTERS :— 
95. Rubus fruticosus (= rustecanus, Merc.).—Stem prostrate, arched, 
angular, prickly, with stellate hairs, leaves quinate, downy, white below, 
flowers pink, calyx downy, in terminal panicle, fruit a drupe, small, tart. 
Barren Strawberry (Potentilla sterilis, Garcke) 
The present distribution in the North Temperate Zone of Europe 
and N. Africa is all we know of this plant. In England and Wales it 
is generally distributed, but it does not occur in South Lincs, Mid 
Photo, Flatters & Garnett 
BARREN STRAWBERRY (Po/entilla slerilis, Garcke) 
Lancs, Roxburgh, Mid and N. Ebudes, E. Sutherland, Caithness, 
Orkney, Shetland. It is found at a height of 2100 ft. in Wales. It 
is common to Ireland and the Channel Islands. 
The Barren Strawberry is more fond of the open than the Wild 
Strawberry. It is a common roadside flower growing amongst the 
sward at the side of the macadam. It is also to be found in woods, 
where it forms wide patches. Banks are again a favourite habitat of 
this pretty wild flower. By the wayside its white flowers contrast with 
the yellow blooms of the Silverweed, which, however, flowers later as a 
general rule. 
This littke gem of a flower is, as its former second Latin name, 
Jragariastrum, implies, like the strawberry in habit, that is to say, 
