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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
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)