Fragaria vesca subsp. bracteata (A.Heller) Staudt

Woodland strawberry (en)

Subspecies

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Fragaria > Fragaria vesca

Characteristics

Leaves green; terminal leaflet blade obovate to slightly rhombic, length/width 1.2–1.8, teeth: relative number 0.2–0.6, relative size 1.5–3.7, terminal tooth longer than or equal to adjacent teeth. Flowers usually bisexual, sometimes pistillate (gynoecious plants), 15.3–23.8 mm diam.; hypanthium 11.8–21.2 mm diam.; petals usually white, sometimes pinkish, widely obovate to widely depressed-obovate, margins usually overlapping, sometimes distally crenate. Achenes in shallow pits or deeply embedded; bractlets clasping or spreading to slightly reflexed, sepals clasping; torus wine red, not shiny (skin slightly hirsute), usually oblong-ovoid, sometimes globose, usually not easily separating from hypanthium. 2n = 14.
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A herb. It is a ground cover plant. It has strong runners. The flowers are white. The fruit are small edible berries.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread endozoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses beverage incense medicinal spice tea
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Antidiarrheal (leaf), Panacea (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 5
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) 12 - 20
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Fragaria vesca subsp. bracteata world distribution map, present in Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105486-2
WFO ID wfo-0001012804
COL ID 5HD77
BDTFX ID 28091
INPN ID 98827
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Fragaria mexicana Fragaria crinita Fragaria bracteata Fragaria helleri Fragaria californica Fragaria californica var. crinita Fragaria vesca subsp. bracteata Fragaria vesca subsp. californica Fragaria vesca var. bracteata Fragaria californica var. franciscana Fragaria vesca var. crinita