Virginia strawberry
Family
RosaceaeScientific Name
Fragaria virginiana
Other Common Names:
mountain strawberry
thickleaved wild strawberry
wild strawberry
Leaves
The toothed leaves are thin and basal with a petiole generally 1-12 cm. They
appear in leaflets of 3 and are generally glabrous
above
Identifying Characteristics
Rose Family (Rosaceae). This herbaceous
perennial plant spreads by seed and also by short
rhizomes and leafless stolons
Flower Seed Head
The flowers have 5 white petals that are 4-9
mm with numerous pistils and 20-35 stamens. The
five bractlets are unlobed.
Seed Fruit
The red fleshy fruit is
covered with achenes
Where Found
This plant is found between 1200 and 3300 m in
meadows and forest openings. It occurs in the
Klamath Ranges, high Cascade Range, Modoc
Plateau, Sierra Nevada, to eastern North America.
Growth Habit
upright and nonwoody
Thorns or Spines
not present
Approximate Flower Diameter
Varies:
pencil,
dime
Dominant Flower Color
Varies:
white,
green
Flower Symmetry
radial symmetery
Leaf Hairs
has hairs
Leaf Shape
Varies:
lance,
oval
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Margin
serrated
Leaf Structure
trifoliate
Leaf Stalk
Varies:
shorter than leaf,
longer than leaf
Stem Hairs
has hairs
Stem Cross Section
round or oval
Milky Sap
not present
Root Structure
Varies:
taproot,
stolons present
Life Cycle
perennial
Ochrea
not present
Plant Type
Herb