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The Wood Strawberry plant is perennial, reproducing via runners.

It will grow 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 cm) high. The leaves are divided into 3 "fingers" with serrated edges. The point at the end of the leaf is larger than the points along the edges.

It usually blossoms with white flowers, though sometimes they are yellow.

The berries have a strawberry taste, with a touch of tartness. The seeds are inside the fruit, not on the surface.

History


native to North America and to Europe
Romans ate them, writing about them as early as 234 BC, and probably cultivated them
Wild Strawberries were cultivated from the middle ages on in Europe
these are the only size strawberries available in the old world until the larger ones from the New World were brought over


Language Notes

these are sometimes called Wild Strawberries, but more often botanists reserve the term wild for the North American wild ones

Also called:

Other entries for: Strawberries

Alpine Strawberries, Hautbois Strawberries, Strawberries, Wild Strawberries, Wood Strawberries

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Berries
Akala Berries, Aronia Berries, Assai Berries, Baba Berries, Barberries, Bilberries, Black Gooseberries, Blackberries, Blueberries, Buffalo Currants, Bumbleberries, Cape Gooseberries, Cloudberries, Cranberries, Currants, Elderberries, Garden Huckleberries, Gooseberries, Haw Flakes, Hawthorne Berries, Huckleberry, Hudson Bay Currants, Jostaberries, Lingonberries, Mulberries, Otaheite Gooseberry, Raspberries, Red Currants, Saskatoon Berries, Sea Buckthorn, Serendipity Berries, Sunberries, Tayberries, Thimbleberries, Ugni, Waimate Berries, White Currants, Wineberries, Wonderberries, Worcesterberries

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Soft Fruit
Cherries, Grapes

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Fruit
Bananas, Bletting, Candied Fruit, Citrus Fruit, Dried Fruit, Drupes, Hard Fruit, Olives, Rhubarb