Fragaria virginiana

Wild Strawberry

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Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: April - June
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: late May - June

Wild Strawberry bears one of the most delicious fruits one can find in the wild. It is a stemless perennial that propagates freely by runners. Its leaves are palmately divided into three leaflets, and the veins on each leaflet diverge from the midrib at a 30° angle.




1 May 2021
Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
1 May 2021
Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
1 May 2021
Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
1 May 2021
Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
1 May 2021
Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
     




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