Perennial from stolons often found in shady locations. Primarily a weed of landscapes and turfgrass found throughout the southeastern United States. First two or three leaves simple, subsequent leaves trifoliate.
Stolons develop at least by the time the fifth leaf emerges.
Petioles are also hairy. Stolons are hairy and creeping. Flowers consist of 5 yellow petals with large leafy sepals beneath. A red, fleshy, berry, similar to the commercially produced strawberries. Additionally, wild strawberry has white flowers, unlike the yellow flowers of Indian mock-strawberry.