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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fragaria virginiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Go to FSUS key
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 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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969 mpa_page_123
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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
575
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Grasslands, roadsides, pastures, woodlands, grassy balds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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 (Miller & Miller, 2005) p076
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p130
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p032
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p145
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p177
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p184
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p357
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p156
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p108
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p311
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p117
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p148
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p373
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p071
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