Fragaria orientalis

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Fragaria orientalis
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Fragaria
Species:
F. orientalis
Binomial name
Fragaria orientalis

Fragaria orientalis is a diploid species of wild strawberry native to E. Asia – Eastern Siberia. It is occasionally cultivated as a novelty edible. It is written as 东方草莓 in Simplified Chinese and called (pinyin: dong fang cao mei) in Mandarin.

Key features[]

Fragaria orientalis is a perennial, averaging 8 in (.2m) tall; it blooms from Apr to May.[1] It vigorously produces runners, like many herbaceous members of .[citation needed]

Distinguishing features[]

  • Fruit ripen purple-red with deeply inset ovoid achenes
  • Hemispheric to obviate fruit
  • Leaflets highly variable- 1–5 × 0.8–3.5 cm
  • obovate or rhombic-ovate shape with slightly acute (pointed) tip
  • abaxially pilose (fuzzy on the underside), especially near veins, slightly adaxial (near the stem/major midrib) pilose
  • cuneate central leaflets, lateral (side) leaflets oblique (asymmetric)
  • Flowers bisexual, rarely unisexual, 1–1.5 cm in diameter[2]

Cultivation[]

This plant is cultivated as an edible herb, although it is relatively rare in cultivation.[citation needed] Plants for a Future offers a preliminary method of cultivation. Prefers a sunny position with moist, fertile soil for maximum production. However, plants can tolerate partial shade. Fragaria orientalis prefers a mulch of coniferous needles. They can be vigorous, spreading via runners. There is little invasive threat.[1]

Distribution[]

Fragaria orientalis is native to China and E Siberia, specifically the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, as well as in Korea, Mongolia, and E Russia.[2] These plants can be found in forests and meadows on mountain slopes, usually in the shade of forest trees at elevations of 600 – 4000 meters.[1]

Numismatics[]

Fragaria orientalis is depicted on the Mongolian postage stamps of 1968[3] (face value is 30 Mongolian möngö) and 1987[4] (face value is 1.20 Mongolian tögrög)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Fragaria orientalis- Lozinsk". Plants for a Future. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Flora of China". eFloras.org. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
  3. ^ "Strawberries (Fragaria orientalis), 1968-02-18". Colnect. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  4. ^ "Fragaria orientalis, 1987-06-30". Colnect. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
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