Virginia Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Summary 7
The Virginia strawberry, wild strawberry, or common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) is one of two species of wild strawberry that were hybridized to create the modern domesticated garden strawberry. Its natural range is confined to North America, in the United States (including Alaska) and Canada, although a popular variety called "Little Scarlet" is grown only in Great Britain, having been imported from the United States in the early 1900s.
Description 7
Fragaria virginiana can grow up to 100 mm (4 in) tall. The plant typically bears numerous trifoliate leaves that are green on top, pale green on the lower surface. Each leaflet is about 75 mm (3 in) long and 40 mm wide. The leaflet is oval shaped and has coarse teeth along the edge except near the bottom. This plant has a five-petaled white flower with numerous pistils, surrounded by yellow-anthered stamens. There are ten small green sepals under the petals. The seeds of this plant are developed from the pistils in the centre of the flower which will become dark-coloured fruit (achenes) on the strawberry. The fruit of the wild strawberry is smaller than that of the garden strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa). Botanically, the fruit is classified as an aggregateaccessory fruit, but it is commonly called a berry. Strawberries reproduce both sexually by seed, and asexually by runners (stolons).
Read More 8
- https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=frvi
- https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/wld_strawberryx.htm
- https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=291715
Sources and Credits
- (c) Syrio, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fragaria_vesca,_Paludi_02.jpg
- (c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Douglas Goldman
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://eol.org/media/6767996
- (c) Bruce Newhouse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Bruce Newhouse
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://eol.org/media/6767999
- (c) Tom Kaye, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tom Kaye
- Adapted by Murfreesboro,TN, Natural Resource Division from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragaria_virginiana
- (c) Murfreesboro,TN, Natural Resource Division, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Calflora
- CalPhotos
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Jepson eFlora
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- OregonFlora.org
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
iNat Map
| Form | Forb/herb |
|---|---|
| Light | Full sun, Part sun |
| Soil moisture | Dry, Medium |
| Site | Glade, Savanna, Woodland |
| Bloom period | April, May |
| Bloom color | White |
| Fruit/seeds/etc. | Berries |
| Wildlife supported | Birds - songbirds, Birds - other, Insects - larval host, Insects - pollinators |
| Family | Rose family |
