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Wild Strawberry. Fragaria virginiana. By: Daniel Hughes. Classification. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=FRVI. Shape, Form, Type.
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Wild Strawberry Fragariavirginiana By: Daniel Hughes
Classification http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=FRVI
Shape, Form, Type It is small with 5-petal white flowers, and the stalk is long and slender. It grows horizontally and is weed-like. The wild strawberry is a herbaceous plant. http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Strawberry.html Figure 1: Wild Strawberry http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/142656420_6d3144e938.jpg
Leaf • The leaves are on a separate stalk. Each leaf is 3-parted palmate-compound, with large, even teeth, and their leaflets are long-oval and 2-3 inches long. http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Strawberry.html Figure 2: Leaf of Wild strawberry http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=FRVI
Bud Figure 3: Bud of Wild Strawberry http://www.sagebud.com/virginia-strawberry-fragaria-virginiana/
Flower • small, white, 5-petaled flower, 3-parted leaf, and familiar fruit; flower white, radially-symmetrical, 5 petals, 1/2 to 1 inch broad, on separate flower stalk http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Strawberry.html
Fruit http://www.dessert.net.au/images/fragole-e-melone-al-porto20080227wild-strawberries1.jpg • fruit drooping on long, slender, stalk, much smaller than commercial strawberry and red when ripe http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Strawberry.html Figure 5: Fruit of Wild Strawberry
Habitat and Range • Habitats include moist to mesic black soil prairies, openings and edges of woodlands (including drier areas), savannas, limestone glades, and areas along railroads. Wild Strawberry is able to tolerate competition from taller plants because it develops early in the spring, and is able to tolerate some shade later in the year. It occurs in both degraded and high quality habitats, often not far from woodland areas. http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/wld_strawberryx.htm
Uses • The fruit is edible and non-poisonous. The dried leaves can be used to make tea. • Earls, dukes, princes, and marquises used the common strawberries white leaves as emblems on their crowns. http://montana.plant-life.org/species/fragaria_virgin.htm http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Strawberry.html