Japanese name: ヤブヘビイチゴ（藪蛇苺） Scientific name:Potentilla indica
[Overview]
A perennial found in shade at forest edges and in thickets.
The stems creep along the ground and produce roots at the nodes.
The leaves are alternate and trifoliate, but rarely they are pedate compound leaves made up of 5 leaflets.
The leaves are dark green, somewhat thick, and have serrated margins.
The terminal leaflet is rhombic-oblong, 3–4.5 cm long and 2–3 cm wide.
The base of the petiole is often tinged with reddish purple.
The flowers are solitary, borne opposite the leaves; they are yellow, 5-petaled, about 2 cm across, and the petal tips are not notched or only slightly notched.
The flowers have a calyx and an epicalyx.
The receptacle of the fruit is red and glossy, spherical, 1–2.1 cm across, soft and spongy, and without hairs on the surface.
Achenes about 1 mm long are attached to the surface of the receptacle.
The achenes are glossy and smooth on the surface.
