BLUELEAF STRAWBERRY 



Fraga'ria glau'ca, syn. F. ova'lis glau'ca 



W77 

 (2 leaves) 



Flowers white, stalked, about % in. 

 across, in a bracted cluster at end of 

 usually leafless, silky-hairy stalk which 

 rarely overtops the leaves 



Stameqs numerous, in about 3 rows 



Outer united flower parts (calyx) 

 flat, with 5, triangular- or oval-lance- 

 shaped lobes alternating with 5, nar- 

 rower and shorter, green bractlets 



Petals 5, reverse-egg-shaped, about 

 twice as long as the calyx 



Fruit (strawberry) about X in. in 

 diameter, nearly globe-shaped, consist- 

 ing of the calyx and bractlets and the 

 enlarged, fleshy receptacle studded with 

 numerous small "seeds" .(acbenes) in 

 pits 



Leaves all basal, divided into 3 seg- 

 ments (leaflets); leafstalks long, usu- 

 ally silky-hairy, .with adherent, mem- 

 branous bracts (stipules) at their bases 



Leaflets 1 to 2 in. long, broadly 

 reverse-egg-shaped, covered with a blu- 

 ish, waxy bloom (glaucous), hairless 

 above, silky-hairy beneath, becoming 

 hairless in age; edges coarsely toothed; 

 center leaflet short-stalked 



Runners (stolons) long, slender, 

 jointed near middle, rooting at tips 



Rootstocks short, scaly, perennial 



Roots fibrous 



