Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Fragaria virginiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wild Strawberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_frvi_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0204g_24
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm080426_011
April Greenville County SC
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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
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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
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JK Marlow jkm100427_024
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm130424_691
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm130424_693
April Greenville County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_f_virginiana_2199
April Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_f_virginiana_2204
April Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_f_virginiana_2213
April Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmfvirginiensis_276
May
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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
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Tim Spira tpsfvirginiana
May
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm060721_005
July Greenville County SC
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
575
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Look for it in grasslands, roadsides, pastures, woodlands, grassy balds, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Ternately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Red
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p076
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p130
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p032
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p145
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p184
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p156
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p088
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p108
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p117
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p148
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p373
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p071