OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fragaria virginiana   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fragaria virginiana ssp. virginiana   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Fragaria virginiana ssp. virginiana

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Fragaria virginiana ssp. grayana

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Fragaria virginiana ssp. virginiana

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

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Fragaria australis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Fragaria grayana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Fragaria virginiana

 

COMMON NAME:
Wild Strawberry


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image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_123

        

image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_frvi_001_lvd

        

image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

JK Marlow    jkm0204g_24

April    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

JK Marlow    jkm080426_011

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

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.


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image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

JK Marlow    jkm100427_024

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

JK Marlow    jkm130424_691

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

JK Marlow    jkm130424_693

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

Keith Bradley    kab_f_virginiana_2199

April    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

Keith Bradley    kab_f_virginiana_2204

April    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

Keith Bradley    kab_f_virginiana_2213

April    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmfvirginiensis_276

May        

image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE flowers of Cinquefoil and Strawberry species

image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

Tim Spira    tpsfvirginiana

May        

image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Fragaria virginiana, Wild Strawberry

JK Marlow    jkm060721_005

July    Greenville County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fragaria virginiana   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fragaria virginiana ssp. virginiana   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fragaria virginiana ssp. virginiana

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Fragaria virginiana ssp. grayana

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Fragaria virginiana ssp. virginiana

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

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fragaria australis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fragaria grayana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fragaria virginiana

 

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575

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Grasslands, roadsides, pastures, woodlands, grassy balds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Ternately compound
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Red
Aggregate of achenes

 

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