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Photographer: Margery Melgaard
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Family Rosaceae
Fragaria virginiana Duchesne
thick-leaved wild strawberry, Virginia strawberry, wild strawberry
Fragaria: from the Latin fraga, "strawberry," which derives from fragum, "fragrant," from the fragrance of the fruit
virginiana: of Virginia
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-6" tall forb; spreading by runners |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, 1/2"-3/4" wide; inflorescence of up to 12 flowers on stalks usually shorter than the leaves; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | red, edible, juicy; roundish berry; seeds deeply imbedded |
| Leaf: | basal, 3-parted, toothed; end tooth usually half as wide and shorter than the side teeth; leaflets stalked |
| Habitat: | meadows, fields, woods, forests |
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