NameThatPlant.net: Fragaria americana

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fragaria americana FAMILY Rosaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fragaria vesca ssp. americana FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Fragaria vesca ssp. americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Fragaria vesca ssp. americana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-01-003:

Fragaria vesca FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Fragaria vesca var. americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Fragaria americana

COMMON NAME:
Wood Stawberry, American Woodland Strawberry

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image of Fragaria americana, Wood Stawberry, American Woodland Strawberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_fram4_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fragaria americana FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fragaria vesca ssp. americana FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fragaria vesca ssp. americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Fragaria vesca ssp. americana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-01-003:
Fragaria vesca FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Fragaria vesca var. americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fragaria americana

3256

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry rocky woodlands, boulderfields, fields, roadsides, clearings, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare

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LEAVES:
Ternately compound
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals

FRUIT:
Red
Aggregate of achenes

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