vesca was sequenced in 2010, and with greater detail and accuracy in 2017 by the Knapp UC Davis program. short reproductive cycle (14–15 weeks in climate-controlled greenhouses).It is also used as a genetic model plant for garden strawberry and the family Rosaceae in general, due to its: The wild strawberry is used as an indicator plant for diseases that affect the garden strawberry. Genomics Genomic information NCBI genome ID It is a larval host to the two-banded checkered skipper. Its leaves serve as significant food source for a variety of ungulates, such as mule deer and elk, and the fruit are eaten by a variety of mammals and birds that also help to distribute the seeds in their droppings. vesca primarily propagates via runners, viable seeds are also found in soil seed banks and seem to germinate when the soil is disturbed (away from existing populations of F. It can survive mild fires and/or establish itself after fires. It is tolerant of a variety of moisture levels (except very wet or dry conditions).

In the southern part of its range, it can grow only in shady areas further north it tolerates more sun. Often plants can be found where they do not get sufficient light to form fruit. Typical habitat is along trails and roadsides, embankments, hillsides, stone- and gravel-laid paths and roads, meadows, young woodlands, sparse forest, woodland edges, and clearings.

bracteata (A.Heller) StaudtĮcology Wild strawberry collected in the forest in the Middle Urals Fragaria vesca, fruiting plant Wild strawberry in Estonia, Pakri Peninsula. Subspecies Īs of November 2020, Plants of the World Online accepts two subspecies in addition to the autonym, Fragaria vesca ssp. A gramme contains only about 1,500 seeds. The seed is also perceptibly larger and longer. 2,500 seeds to the gramme.Ī very different plant to the Wood Strawberry, and distinguished by the greater size of all its parts - the fruit in particular - and especially by the property (which is particular to it) of producing flowers and fruit continuously all through the summer. The fruit has nearly the same appearance and flavour as that of the Wood Strawberry, but is generally larger, longer, and more pointed in shape. It has seldom been seen in gardens since the introduction of the Red Alpine Strawberry. Wood Strawberry possesses a quite particular perfume and delicacy of flavour. Under wild or wood strawberry, Vilmorin says: Vilmorin-Andrieux (1885) makes a distinction between wild or wood strawberries ( Fragaria vesca) and alpine strawberries ( Fragaria alpina), a distinction which is not made by most seed companies or nurseries, which usually sell Fragaria vesca as 'alpine strawberry'. The plant spreads mostly by means of runners ( stolons), but the seeds are viable and establish new populations. The light-green leaves are trifoliate (in threes) with toothed margins. Description įive to eleven soft, hairy white flowers are borne on a green, soft fresh-hairy 3–15 centimetres (1–6 in) stalk that usually lifts them above the leaves. The Latin specific epithet vesca may mean 'thin, feeble', however it likely derives in the sense of 'edible' from vescere 'to eat, feed upon'. Fragaria vesca, commonly called the wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, Carpathian strawberry or European strawberry, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the rose family that grows naturally throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, and that produces edible fruits.

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