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Fragaria vesca, commonly known as the woodland strawberry or alpine strawberry, is a small wild strawberry species that produces edible berries and grows naturally across Europe, Asia, and North America. It matters because it is an important ancestor of the modern cultivated strawberry and is still valued for its intense flavor, while also being studied by scientists to understand strawberry genetics and plant biology.
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Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyRosaceae
Native toAlbania, Alberta, Altay, Arizona, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya
Common Name: wood strawberry
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Fragaria vesca, commonly called the woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, wild 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.
The Latin specific epithet vesca literally means "thin" or "feeble", but likely carries the sense "edible" in this context (compare vescor, "to eat").