''Waldsteinia'', the barren strawberries, is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of the rose family (

Rosaceae Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. The name is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. Among the most species-rich genera are ''Alchemilla'' (270), ''Sorbus ...

). It contains about six species native to the

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. A number of species are cultivated as a ground cover in gardens, including ''

Waldsteinia fragarioides ''Waldsteinia fragarioides'' ( syn. ''Dalibarda fragarioides'' Michx. and ''Geum fragarioides, '' also called Appalachian barren strawberry, or just barren strawberry, is a low, spreading plant with showy yellow flowers that appear in early sp ...

'' from North America, '' Waldsteinia geoides'' from Europe, '' Waldsteinia lobata'', and '' Waldsteinia ternata'' from Eurasia (from Central Europe to

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, China, and Japan).

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* Colurieae Rosaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Willdenow {{Rosoideae-stub