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Virginia Strawberry, Wild Strawberry - Fragaria virginiana


Family: Rosaceae - Rose family Genus Common Name: Strawberry Native Status: Native
Fragaria virginiana - Virginia Strawberry, Wild Strawberry. This most widely-distributed wild strawberry, the Virginia Strawberry is found in every state in the United States except Hawaii. This United States native plant was one of the two species used to create the hybrid garden strawberry.

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Fragaria virginiana

Distribution of Fragaria virginiana in the United States and Canada:
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Blue=Native; Grey=Introduced

Map from USDA Plants Database:
USDA, NRCS. 2017. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 16 Jan 2025). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.

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Site: White County, GA Date: 2010-April-29Photographer: Gerald C. Williamson
Fragaria virginiana is a member of the rose family and has that family's characteristic 5 petals. The petals are white and surround a yellow center.

The leaf has three toothed leaflets. If this plant weren't so far out of the known range, I would suspect it to be F. vesca rather than F. virginiana since the flowers appear to be held above the leaves rather than below. F. virginiana normally holds its blossoms below the leaves. I wasn't aware of this difference when I was photographing the plant, so didn't note if this was an anomaly of this particular photograph.
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Fragaria virginiana initially published on USWildflowers.com 2010-05-28; Updated 2015-06-25

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