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The fruit is a reddish, fleshy aggregate dotted with "seeds" up to 1 cm. All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria virginiana is octoploid, having eight sets of these chromosomes for a total of 56. These eight genomes pair as four distinct sets, of two different types, with little or no pairing between sets.
Fragaria (/ f r ə ˈ ɡ ɛər i. ə /) [1] is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits. There are more than 20 described species and many hybrids and cultivars. The most common strawberries grown commercially are cultivars of the garden strawberry, a hybrid known as ...
Fragaria vesca, commonly called the wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, Carpathian strawberry or European strawberry, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the rose family that grows naturally throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, and that produces edible fruits.
"Berries are loaded with vitamins, minerals, water, fiber, phytonutrients (the plant pigments that are responsible for their color) and carbohydrates," says Stoler. "They have anti-inflammatory ...
These include moths, fruit flies, chafers, strawberry root weevils, strawberry thrips, strawberry sap beetles, strawberry crown moth, mites, and aphids. Non-arthropod pests include slugs. [53] [54] Some are vectors of plant diseases; for instance, the strawberry aphid, Chaetosiphon fragaefolii, [55] can carry the strawberry mild yellow-edge ...
The plant's natural range is the Pacific Ocean coasts of North and South America, and also Hawaii, where it grows mostly on sand beaches above the tidal zone in temperate to warm-temperate regions. Migratory birds are thought to have dispersed F. chiloensis from the Pacific coast of North America to the mountains of Hawaii, Chile , and Argentina .
Care Tips. Follow these simple care guidelines to grow elderberry plants successfully. Light. Choose a spot in full to part sun. Place this plant in sunny spaces for the best flowering. Soil and Water
Arbutus andrachne, commonly called the Greek strawberry tree, is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. The etymology of the species name corresponds to the Ancient Greek word ἀνδράχνη ( andrákhnē ), meaning " wild strawberry ", [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and refers to the ...