Scientific Name:
Fragaria virginiana
Common Name:
Virginia strawberry
Other Common Names:
thickleaved wild strawberry, wild strawberry, mountain 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.
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Life cycle:
perennial
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Milky sap:
Not Present
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Plant type:
Herb
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Thorns:
Not Present
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Plant family:
Rosaceae
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Leaf arrangement:
alternate
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Leaf shape:
lance;
oval
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Ochrea:
Not Present
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Leaf margin:
serrated
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Stem hairs:
has hairs
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Flower color:
green;
white
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Growth habit:
upright and nonwoody
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Stem:
round or oval
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Leaf structure:
trifoliate
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Leaf hairs:
has hairs
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Flower symmetry:
radial symmetery
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Flower diameter:
pencil;
dime
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Root structure:
taproot;
stolons present
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Leaf stalk:
longer than leaf;
shorter than leaf
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