Common name: Wild Strawberry
Scientific name: Fragaria vesca 野草莓, 森林草莓
Genus: Fragaria 草莓屬
Family: Rosaceae 薔薇科, rose family
Remarks: The specimens below are found in the wild but it is near a road. It is still uncertain whether it is belonged to different species such as Fragaria moschata 麝香草莓, Hautbois strawberry or Fragaria viridis 綠色草莓. Further follow-ups are needed to confirm its identity.
Origin: native
Date: 10th April
A pubescent, soloniferous perennial, can reach up to 30 cm.
Base of the plant, showing the short stem.
The young shoot at the base of the plant.
Leaf ternate, bright green.
Leaflets sessile, apical tooth as long as or longer than its neighbours. (vs leaflet apical tooth shorter than its neighbours in Potentilla sterilis 無子草莓, Barren Strawberry)
Underside of the leaflet.
Underside of the leaflet.
The flowering stalks and the flower.
The flower bud.
Nearly open flower bud.
Photo enlarged below.
Underside of the flower showing the green sepals.
Photo enlarged below.
Flower 12-18 mm across. (vs flower of 10-15 mm across in Potentilla sterilis 無子草莓, Barren Strawberry)
Photo enlarged below.
Petals white, contiguous (touching another) or overlapping (some flowers like the one above have a small gap between neighbouring petals, but the gap is not as large as that in Potentilla sterilis 無子草莓, Barren Strawberry).
Petals are longer than sepals. (vs petals are as long as sepals in Potentilla sterilis 無子草莓, Barren Strawberry)
There are altogether 20 stamens. You could see that for every 3 long stamens, there is 1 shorter stamens. And there are a lot of styles ate the center of the flower.
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