Common name: Beach Strawberry
Family: Rosaceae
Synonym(s):
Country of Origin: western North America & disjunct population in Chile
Description: It is an evergreen plant growing to 15-30 cm tall, with glossy green trifoliate leaves, each leaflet around 5 cm long. The flowers are white, produced in spring and early summer. The fruit is edible, red on the surface, white inside.
Uses:
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USDA Zone:
Source: Bryan Connolly
Provenance:
Oregon Dunes, OR, USA
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Culture:
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Rosales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Rosaceae
- SubFamily: Rosoideae
- Tribe: Potentilleae
- SubTribe: Fragariinae
References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
- Fragaria chiloensis at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
- Darrow, G. M. (1966). The strawberry; history, breeding, and physiology (1st edition ed.) Holt, Rinehart and Winston. (PDF). Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
- Image #00 (cropped) by F. Folini CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
- Finn, et. al., The Chilean Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis): Over 1000
Years of Domestication, HORTSCIENCE Vol. 48(4) April 2013. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
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