Flowers Corolla regular( actinomorphic), white, 12 – 18 mm broad; petals 5, quite round, touching each other or covering each others edges, 4 – 6 mm long. Calyx 5-lobed; with epicalyx. Stamens 20.
Fragaria vesca
English: wild strawberry Spanish: fresa salvaje Estonian: metsmaasikas Portuguese: Morango-silvestre Turkish: yabani çilek Catalan: maduixera
Leaves In basal rosette, quite long-stalked. Blade palmate, with 3 leaflets. Leaflets elliptic, wedgeshaped base, with toothed margins, both sides smoothly and sparsely haired. All margin teeth roughly the same size.
Wild strawberry is a perennial herbaceous plant in the rose family that grows naturally throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, and that produces edible fruits. 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. Often plants can be found where they do not get sufficient light to form fruit.
Fruit Red, juicy, shiny, easily breaking off at its base, 0.5 – 1 cm long berry.
Authors: Olivia Pruul, Katriin Teär