Rosaceae FAMILY

Fragaria vesca

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Fragaria vesca is a herbaceous perennial plant producing a rosette of leaves from a central rootstock. The plant can grow 5 - 30cm tall and wide, spreading freely by stolons to form large colonies[ 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. , 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials. It is sometimes cultivated in gardens for its edible fruit, and is occasionally grown as an ornamental.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - Norway and Portugal, to Siberia, Mongolia, China and Iran; N. America - British Colombia to Newfoundland, south to California, Virginia

HabitatWoods, grassland and scrub, on basic soils, sometimes becoming locally dominant in woods on calcareous soils[ 9 Title Edible and Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Launert. E. Publisher Hamlyn Year 1981 ISBN 0-600-37216-2 Description Covers plants in Europe. a drawing of each plant, quite a bit of interesting information. , 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].