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Fragaria vesca

In cultivation, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 19/04/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Fragaria vesca.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

alpine strawberry

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

White, Yellow

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Fragaria

Family

Rosaceae

Authority

Fragaria vesca L.

Synonyms

Potentilla vesca (L.) Scop.

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1870

Origin

Europe, N. Africa, N. and C. Asia, N. America

Reason for introduction

Horticultural

Other information

Etymology

fragaria: From the Latin word for strawberry, from fragrans ‘fragrant’, alluding to the fruit.

NVS code

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

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