Piedmont barren-strawberry

Dalibarda lobata Baldwin in S. Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 571. 1821; Geum lobatum (Baldwin) Smedmark

Herbs, 15–30 cm. Leaves 3-lobed, sometimes to ca. 2/3 cleft, 4–8 cm wide, surfaces sparsely strigose. Inflorescences 3–7-flowered. Flowers 8–10 mm diam.; hypanthium broadly obconic, 2–3 mm, strigose; petals ˂bright yellow˃, narrowly elliptic, 4 mm, barely exceeding sepals, apex subacute; carpels 3 or 4.

Flowering Mar–Apr. Moist woods near streams in piedmont; 100–500 m; Ga., N.C., S.C.

Waldsteinia lobata is very similar to W. parviflora except in leaf form.