Fragaria viridis Duchesne, 1771

Common names

• 🇫🇷 Fraisier vert

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 viridis

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with F. vesca L., 1753, which has flowers whose corolla remains open after they have been fertilized, while F. viridis has flowers whose corolla is applied against the fruit after they have been fertilized.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• F. viridis subsp. campestris (Steven) Pawł., 1968;
• F. viridis subsp. viridis Duchesne, 1771, P.

Hybridizes with:

• F. moschata Duchesne, 1766 to produce F. × neglecta Lindem., 1865, P;
• F. vesca L., 1753 to produce F. × bifera (Sm.) Duchesne, 1786, P (het. syn. F. × hagenbachiana Láng ex W.D.J.Koch, 1846).

Photographs

Sources

• Korpelainen, H., & Collett, L. (2011). Fragaria viridis (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/172249/6857058

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 983). Biotope.