Fragaria chiloensis (L.) Mill.

Beach strawberry (en), Fraisier du Chili (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Fragaria

Characteristics

A small herb that keeps growing from year to year. The rootstocks are stout, thick and scaly. It grows 15 cm high and spreads 50 cm across. The fruit can be red, white or yellow. The leaves are short and thick and hairy underneath. The flowers are on long slender stalks. The flowers have 5 petals. The flowers are white. The fruit are red and edible. They can be 2-3 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.25
Root system creeping-root fibrous-root rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A temperate plant. It grows naturally in coastal areas in cool locations. In Hawaii they grow between 1,200-2,000 m altitude. It suits hardiness zones 4-10. In Chile it grows from sea level to over 2,000 m altitude.
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Grows in scrub near the coast from Chile to western N. America. Sandy beaches, dunes, rocky shores, ocean bluffs, usually in salt spray zone
Light 5-8
Soil humidity 5-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw or stewed. They are used in cakes and jams. The leaves can be used for tea. The fresh leaves are put into boiling water.
Uses beverage breeding drinks food gene source medicinal tea
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Diet, food, and nutrition (fruit), Burn Dressing (leaf), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 11 - 18
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Fragaria chiloensis habit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)
Fragaria chiloensis habit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Leaf

Fragaria chiloensis leaf picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)
Fragaria chiloensis leaf picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)
Fragaria chiloensis leaf picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Flower

Fragaria chiloensis flower picture by rossi maite (cc-by-sa)
Fragaria chiloensis flower picture by ElisaLvia (cc-by-sa)
Fragaria chiloensis flower picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Fragaria chiloensis world distribution map, present in Brazil and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105461-2
WFO ID wfo-0000989973
COL ID 6JK45
BDTFX ID 77507
INPN ID 159676
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Fragaria chiloensis f. patagonica Fragaria chiloensis

Lower taxons

Fragaria chiloensis subsp. chiloensis Fragaria chiloensis subsp. lucida