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Fragaria virginiana

MOUNTAIN STRAWBERRY


Higher Taxonomy
Family: RosaceaeView DescriptionDichotomous Key
Common Name: ROSE FAMILY
Habit: Annual to tree, glandular or not. Leaf: simple to palmately or pinnately compound, generally alternate; stipules free to fused (0), persistent to deciduous. Inflorescence: cyme, raceme, panicle, cluster, or flowers 1; bractlets on pedicel ("pedicel bractlets") generally 0--3(many), subtended by bract or generally not. Flower: generally bisexual, radial; hypanthium free or fused to ovary, saucer- to funnel-shaped, subtending bractlets ("hypanthium bractlets") 0--5, alternate sepals; sepals generally 5; petals generally 5, free; stamens (0,1)5--many, anther pollen sacs generally 2; pistils (0)1--many, simple or compound, ovary superior to inferior, styles 1--5. Fruit: 1--many per flower, achene (fleshy-coated or not), follicle, drupe, or pome with generally papery core, occasionally drupe-like with 1--5 stones. Seed: generally 1--5 (per fruit, not per flower).
Genera In Family: 110 genera, +- 3000 species: worldwide, especially temperate; many cultivated for ornament, fruit, especially Cotoneaster, Fragaria, Malus, Prunus, Pyracantha, Rosa, Rubus. Note: Number of teeth is per leaf or leaflet, not per side of leaf or leaflet, except in Drymocallis.
eFlora Treatment Author: Daniel Potter & Barbara Ertter, family description, key to genera, treatment of genera by Daniel Potter, except as noted
Scientific Editor: Daniel Potter, Thomas J. Rosatti.
Genus: FragariaView DescriptionDichotomous Key


Common Name: STRAWBERRY
Habit: Perennial herb, +- nonglandular, rhizomes short, stolons leafless. Leaf: basal, 1-ternately compound; leaflet teeth generally entire. Inflorescence: cyme, +- umbel-like, open, 1--several-flowered; pedicels recurved in fruit, bractlets 0. Flower: hypanthium shallow, bractlets 5, narrower than sepals; sepals, petals +- obovate, generally white; stamens 20--35, filaments +- flat, pollen sac 1, horseshoe-shaped; pistils many, ovaries superior, jointed to stout style on side. Fruit: achenes many on enlarged, fleshy, red receptacle.
Etymology: (Latin: fragrant) Note: Species intergrade.
Unabridged Note: Characters include calyx orientation, fruit size used to define subspecies despite evident lack of taxonomic value.
eFlora Treatment Author: Daniel Potter & Barbara Ertter
Reference: Hancock et al. 2004 Canad J Bot 82:1632--1644
Fragaria virginiana Mill.
NATIVE
Habit: Often dioecious. Stem: 2--12 cm. Leaf: thin; petiole generally 1--25 cm; central leaflet stalk 1--3 mm, blade generally 15--60 mm, obovate, rounded to truncate, teeth generally 7--13, above middle, +- obtuse, central tooth << adjacent; leaflets generally glabrous adaxially, +- hairy abaxially. Inflorescence: < leaves. Flower: +- 10--20 mm wide; hypanthium bractlets unlobed; sepals 3--6 mm; petals 4--9 mm. Fruit: receptacle +- 10 mm; achene +- 1.5 mm. Chromosomes: n=28.
Ecology: Meadows, forest openings; Elevation: generally 1200--3300 m. Bioregional Distribution: KR, CaRH, SNH, MP; Distribution Outside California: to eastern North America. Flowering Time: May--Aug
Synonyms: Fragaria virginiana subsp. platypetala (Rydb.) Staudt
Jepson eFlora Author: Daniel Potter & Barbara Ertter
Reference: Hancock et al. 2004 Canad J Bot 82:1632--1644
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Citation for this treatment: Daniel Potter & Barbara Ertter 2012, Fragaria virginiana, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=26026, accessed on October 11, 2024.

Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on October 11, 2024.

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Geographic subdivisions for Fragaria virginiana:
KR, CaRH, SNH, MP
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