Rosaceae FAMILY

Fragaria nilgerrensis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Fragaria nilgerrensis is a herbaceous perennial plant producing a rosette of leaves from a central rootstock; it can grow 5 - 25cm tall and wide. The plant spreads freely by means of stolons to form a colony[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - central and southern China, northeast India, Nepal, northern Vietnam

HabitatValley forests, forest margins, thickets, meadows on mountain slopes, valleys; at elevations from 700 - 3,000 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. ].