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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Fragaria virginiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fragaria virginiana ssp. virginiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-01-001:
Fragaria virginiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Fragaria virginiana var. virginiana
COMMON NAME:
Wild Strawberry
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JK Marlow jkm100427_013
April Greenville County SC
5 sepals interspersed and united with 5 similar but shorter & narrower bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
sepals and bracts of Cinquefoil and Strawberry species
JK Marlow jkm100427_023
April Greenville County SC
Each leaf has 3 obovate, dentate leaflets, each usually 1-2" long, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
COMPARE
leaves of Fragaria and Potentilla
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_fragaria_virginiana_3
May
5 white petals, almost orbicular or obovate, entire or emarginate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
flowers of Cinquefoil and Strawberry species
Ron Lance rwl_frageria_virginiana
June Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
The strawberry (actually an enlarged receptacle) is dotted with achenes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.