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I still think the flower is Dewberry and those large leaves are Strawberry!
Flower parts are similar on the two plants as far as I can see!
I could always be wrong, though! -
I’m admittedly a rube when it comes to Rubus (Dewberries), but the flowers (especially the left-hand one)convince me to vote for Strawberry. The mound-like stigma/receptacle in the middle of the flower have all the makings of an aggregate fruit (strawberry), rather than the multiple fruit of the blackberry family. But then again, my knowledge of the Fragaria is pretty fragmented. It would have been nice to see whether the stems were prickly (bramble-like) or smooth. It will be the duty of the photographer to re-examine the plant and follow the development of the fruit 🙂
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Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)
but the larger three-part leaf is
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
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Deedee
I still think the flower is Dewberry and those large leaves are Strawberry!
Flower parts are similar on the two plants as far as I can see!
I could always be wrong, though!
Tom Burr
I’m admittedly a rube when it comes to Rubus (Dewberries), but the flowers (especially the left-hand one)convince me to vote for Strawberry. The mound-like stigma/receptacle in the middle of the flower have all the makings of an aggregate fruit (strawberry), rather than the multiple fruit of the blackberry family. But then again, my knowledge of the Fragaria is pretty fragmented. It would have been nice to see whether the stems were prickly (bramble-like) or smooth. It will be the duty of the photographer to re-examine the plant and follow the development of the fruit 🙂
Deedee
Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)
but the larger three-part leaf is
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)