Fragaria vesca L., 1753
Common names
- 🇬🇧 Wild Strawberry
- 🇫🇷 Fraisier sauvage, Fraisier des bois
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Angiosperms
- Clade: Eudicots
- Clade: Superrosids
- Clade: Rosids
- Clade: Fabids
- Order: Rosales
- Family: Rosaceae
- Subfamily: Rosoideae
- Tribe: Potentilleae
- Subtribe: Fragariinae
- Genus: Fragaria
- Species: Fragaria vesca
Presence
Present.
Conservation status
- Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
- Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern
Notes
Possible confusion with F. viridis Weston, 1771, which has flowers whose corolla is applied against the fruit after they have been fertilized, while F. vesca has flowers whose corolla remains open after they have been fertilized.
The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:
- F. vesca subsp. americana (Porter) Staudt, 1962;
- F. vesca subsp. bracteata (A.Heller) Staudt, 1999;
- F. vesca subsp. californica (Cham. & Schltdl.) Staudt, 1962;
- F. vesca subsp. vesca L., 1753, P.
Hybridizes with:
- F. moschata Duchesne, 1766 to produce F. × intermedia (Bach) Beck, 1892, M;
- F. viridis Duchesne, 1771 to produce F. × bifera (Sm.) Duchesne, P (het. syn. F. × hagenbachiana Láng ex W.D.J.Koch, 1846).
Photographs
Sources
Collett, L., & Korpelainen, H. (2011). Fragaria vesca (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/172072/6834548
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 984). Biotope.