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not marked as a favorite taxon Fragaria virginiana P. Miller. Common name: Wild Strawberry. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Grasslands, roadsides, pastures, woodlands, grassy balds. Distribution: NL (Newfoundland) west to MB, south to peninsular FL and TX.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Il, Mi, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3; = Fragaria virginiana Mill. ssp. virginiana — Can, K4; > Fragaria australis (Rydb.) Rydb. — S; > Fragaria grayana Vilm. ex J.Gay — S; < Fragaria virginiana Mill. — GrPl; > Fragaria virginiana Mill. — S; > Fragaria virginiana Mill. ssp. grayana (Vilm. ex J.Gay) Staudt — FNA9, NcTx, NE, NY; > Fragaria virginiana Mill. ssp. virginiana — FNA9, NE, NY; > Fragaria virginiana Mill. var. australis Rydb. — G, S13; > Fragaria virginiana Mill. var. illinoensis (Prince) Gray — F, G, Tx; > Fragaria virginiana Mill. var. virginiana — F, G, S13, Tx; Fragaria virginiana Mill. Basionym: Fragaria virginiana Mill. 1768

Links to other floras: > Fragaria virginiana ssp. virginiana - FNA9; > Fragaria virginiana ssp. grayana - FNA9

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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image #1 of Fragaria virginiana© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Fragaria virginiana© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Fragaria virginiana© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Fragaria virginiana© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Fragaria virginiana© Alan Cressler: Fragaria virginiana, Roan Mountain, Pisgah National Forest, Mitchell County, North Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Fragaria virginiana© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Low-growing, tufted perennial that propagates via runners and is found in grasslands, roadsides, pastures, woodlands and grassy balds.

Stems: Essentially stemless, except for hairy, slender runners, which spread across the ground and form new plants at nodes.

Leaves: Leaves tufted, long-petioled, divided into 3 oval, coarsely and sharply toothed leaflets to 2 in. long.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in small branching clusters on hairy stalks; white; about 3/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 round to oval petals, 5 green, hairy, pointed sepals (visible between petals), and a cluster of about 20 stamens around a green, conical center bearing multiple tiny pistils.

Fruits: Fruit a fleshy, round berry with tiny seeds shallowly embedded in the surface.

Comments: Fruit highly edible; the commercial strawberry is a hybrid between this species and a European strawberry.

Height: 1-3 in.

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description: Low-growing, tufted perennial that propagates via runners and is found in grasslands, roadsides, pastures, woodlands and grassy balds.

stems: Essentially stemless, except for hairy, slender runners, which spread across the ground and form new plants at nodes.

leaves: Leaves tufted, long-petioled, divided into 3 oval, coarsely and sharply toothed leaflets to 2 in. long.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in small branching clusters on hairy stalks; white; about 3/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 round to oval petals, 5 green, hairy, pointed sepals (visible between petals), and a cluster of about 20 stamens around a green, conical center bearing multiple tiny pistils.

fruits: Fruit a fleshy, round berry with tiny seeds shallowly embedded in the surface.

comments: Fruit highly edible; the commercial strawberry is a hybrid between this species and a European strawberry.

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native range: North America



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