Red berry vine, need ID please :)

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  1. cuspie

    cuspie Member

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    My Google skills fail me.

    I have these vines all around the perimeter of my house. It grows close to the ground and the neighbors insist they are snake-berries. I beg to differ but what do I know?

    Attached are pictures of three stages.
    Thanks in advance!
     

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  2. lorax

    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Duchesnea indica, false strawberry. They're edible, just not very tasty.
     
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    Thank you! I've been worried about my two toddlers eating them.
     
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    I guess it'd teach them not to eat things they find in the yard!
     
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  5. Michael F

    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    The plant on the left in the first pic is a species of Geranium (cranesbill).

    Now Potentilla indica.
     
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