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Saxifraga stolonifera or Strawberry begonia or Strawberry geranium
Family - Saxifragaceae
It's actualy neither begonia nor geranium but Saxifraga.
These plants remind the strawberry because the mother plant has lots of plantlets on delicate threadlike stems. They originated from Japan and have also common name - "Mother of Thousands".
They look good in hanging baskets and can grow in cool microclimate under filtered sun.
Mother plant doesn't grow higher then 20-30cm but the stems with plantlets can reach up to 50-60cm length.
Strawberry geranium likes high humidity. Indoors during the winter time it is good to mist the plant often, otherwise dry heated air can cause the stems with plantlets to go dry and break.
Keep the soil in the pot always evenly moist, don't ever let it dry out.
These plants are propagated by potting little plantlets.
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