Rosaceae FAMILY

Fragaria nipponica

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Fragaria nipponica is a herbaceous perennial plant producing a rosette of leaves from a central rootstock; it can grow up to 30cm tall and wide, spreading by means of stolons to form a colony The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Russian Far East, central and southern Japan, Korea

HabitatMontane areas[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. ].