ROSE FAMILY. Rosacex. 



WildVir inia commonest wil( ^ strawberry, at 



Strawbenry * home in the rough dry pasture lands of 



Fragaria the north and south. Rather broad, 



Virginiana coarsely toothed leaflets, blunt- tipped, and 



White hairy. The flower-stalk not longer than 



April-June , , . , ; 



the leaves, and with spreading hairs. The 



flower has many orange-yellow stamens offset by the 

 five round white petals. The scarlet fruit is ovoid, and 

 the tiny seeds are imbedded in pits over the surface. 

 3-6 inches high. Common throughout our range ; gen- 

 erally in fields. The name from the Latin fraga, 

 fragrant. 



A slender species with thin leaflets which 

 American are more ova te and less wedge-shaped 



Strawberry than those of the other species, and have 

 Fragaria vesca silk-silvery hairs on the under side. The 

 var. A mericana scarlet fruit is more conical, and the seeds 

 are borne, not in pits, but upon the shining, 

 smooth surface. The sepals are reflexed or 

 turned backward from the fruit. This species is remark- 

 able for its very long, delicate runners. 3-6 inches high. 

 In rocky woodlands and pastures. From N. Eng. , N. J., 

 and Pa. , west. 



Until recently both these very distinct species were in- 

 cluded under one title; but the types are easily distin- 

 guished apart, even by the leaves, and the fruit is 

 certainly conspicuously different. Fragaria virginiana 

 var. illinoensis is a western form found from western 

 N. Y. to Minn., and southwest. It is larger than the 

 typical F. virginiana, and the fine woolly hairs on the 

 flower stems are mostly wide-spreading ; those on F. 

 virginiana are somewhat loosely set against the stem. 

 The typical F. vesca is a stocky plant with strongly 

 veined, deeply toothed light green leaflets. The fine 

 hairs on the flower-stems are close-lying, those of the 

 leaf stems are mostly wide-spreading. The fruit is 

 broadly conic or nearly globular. In old fields or dry 

 open woods, mostly from N. E. to Pa. 



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