Fragaria vesca L.

Alpine strawberry, white strawberry, woodland strawberry

Some similar species

	Duchesnea indica	Fragaria ‘Red Ruby’	You are here Fragaria vesca
Common Name	mock strawberry	ornamental strawberry	alpine strawberry
Plant	Plants are 2–5″ (5–12 cm) high.	About 5″ (12 cm) high and 1–2′ (30–60 cm) around.	Plants are low-growing, typically 3–6″ (7.6–15 cm) tall.
Leaves	Leaves are in groups of three, dark green, heavily veined beneath, with rounded teeth. They are oval to elliptic, ¾–3″ (1.9–7.6 cm) × ¼–1½″ (8.5–38 mm), and hairy.	Dark green, in groups of three, glossy.	Leaves occur in groups of three; each leaflet is ½–2½″ (1.5–6.3 cm) long.
Flowers	Flowers are yellow, with five petals, about ½–¾″ (1.3–1.9 cm) in diameter. They flower from April to August.	Deep pink, about ¼–¾″ (8.3–19 mm) in diameter, with five petals.	Flowers are white, about ½″ (1.5 cm) across.
Fruit	Red berries are ¼–½″ (6.3–12 mm) in diameter, more spherical than strawberry-like in shape. The seedlike achenes on the berry are prominently raised, making the fruit resemble a tiny land mine.	Occasionally produces fruit.	Up to ⅜″ (1 cm) across. Red or white in color.
Range/ Zones		USDA Zones: 5-8
Habitats		Sun to light shade; well-drained soil

	Fragaria virginiana	Waldsteinia fragarioides
Common Name	common strawberry	barren strawberry
Plant	2–4″ (5–10 cm) high.	Mat-forming, 3–8″ (7.6–20 cm) tall, producing dense colonies.
Leaves	Leaf stalks up to 6″ (15 cm) long bear groups of three leaves. Each leaf is oval in shape, with a serrated edge, about ¾–1½″ (1.9–3.8 cm) long.	Near the base of the plant, and three-lobed, like strawberries, with rounded teeth and shallow lobes. Each leaflet is narrow at the base, widening to rounded ends.
Flowers	White flowers with yellow centers, about ½″ (1.3 cm) around. Flowers remain at the level of the leaves.	Yellow, on a leafless stalk, with five rounded petals, about ¼″ (8.3 mm) around, in clusters.
Fruit	Berries are red, about ½″ (1.3 cm) in diameter. Seeds are embedded in the berry. Sepals point outward.	Seed heads made up of 2-6 dry achenes (seeds).
Range/ Zones	USDA Zones: 5-9	USDA Zones: 4-7
Habitats	Fields, prairies, woodland edges	Pine forests, clearings

Fragaria vesca description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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