By Daisygarden
North Yorkshire,
United Kingdom 
Can anyone tell me what this is. I think it's a weed so I keep pulling it out as it sprouts up all through out my garden. My mum says it's wild strawberries.
23 Mar, 2017
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It does look like one of the Potentilla tribe.
23 Mar, 2017
Yes, that is Potentilla reptans. It does have quite pretty yellow flowers. It is perennial, so you will have to dig out the roots or use weedkiller.
23 Mar, 2017
Thanks everyone
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I don't think so - their leaves normally have three broad leaflets.
Does it creep along spreading by runners, and have small yelow flowers? I think its probably creeping cinquefoil, Potentilla reptans.
23 Mar, 2017