Beach Strawberry Chilean Wild Strawberry |
Plantae
Eu-dicots (True dicotyledons)
Rosales |
|
Fragaria chiloensis |
| Family: Rosaceae |
National Botanic Garden of Wales, Great Glasshouse
This is one of the parents of most (all ?) cultivated strawberries. (The other parent being Fragaria virginiana.)
Information at the Botanic garden: "It thrives in meadows, moist sand dunes and crevices in rocks and cliff faces. It grows wild all along the Western coast of the Americas from Chile to Peru, from California to British Columbia and also in Hawaii." |
| 21 April 2004 |
| Category: Cultivated plants |
| |
| |
Enquiry / feedback |
|
Photographer:
J R Crellin |
About the picture: NIKON D70 21/04/2004 12:16:45 1/100 sec - F/8 Lens: 60mm f/2.8 D Sensitivity: ISO 800 Depth of field: 0.01 m (0.39 - 0.40) Light value: 9.6
|
|
FloralImages  Protected by a Creative Commons Licence. |