Rosaceae FAMILY

Fragaria daltoniana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Fragaria daltoniana is a herbaceous perennial plant producing a rosette of leaves from a central rootstock; the plant can grow 4 - 6cm tall, spreading freely by means of stolons to form a colony The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayan regions of western China, northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, northern Myanmar

HabitatForests, shrubberies and shady banks; at elevations from 2,000 - 3,600 metres from Uttar Pradesh to Sikkim[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. ]. Thickets, meadows on mountain tops; at elevations from 3,300 - 5,000 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].