indica
Pronunciation: doo-SHANE-ee-a IN-di-ka
Common name: Mock-strawberry
Family: Rosaceae (Rose)
Habitat: Disturbed urban areas throughout California
Floristic Province, escaping from cultivation as a
ground cover, native to India
Blooming period: May to August
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Duchesnea
2) indica
NOTE: Pronunciation of name Duchesnea based on
the pronunciation of the name of French botanist and horticulturist Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (1747-1827)