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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Fragaria vesca
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 494. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Wood strawberry
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Rosoideae;Rosaceae tribe Potentilleae;Fragaria;Fragaria vesca
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Rosoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Potentilleae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Fragaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Fragaria vesca]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 275
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>hermaphroditic (sometimes pistillate in <i></i>subsp.<i> bracteata</i>). <b>Leaves</b> bright green (sometimes darker green in <i></i>subsp.<i> californica</i>), not glaucous, thin, not leathery, not reticulately veined abaxially, terminal tooth of terminal leaflet longer than or equal to adjacent teeth (sometimes equal to or shorter than adjacent teeth in <i></i>subsp.<i> californica</i>). <b>Flowers</b> bisexual or unisexual; hypanthium 11–21.2 mm diam.; petals 5, ± obovate to nearly orbiculate, margins overlapping or distinct. <b>Achenes</b> deeply embedded, in shallow pits, or superficial, yellowish green to reddish brown, 1–1.5 mm; bractlets and sepals clasping, spreading, or reflexed in fruit; torus easily or not easily separating from hypanthium.</span><!--

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|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;N.W.T.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mont.;N.C.;N.Dak.;N.H.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Nebr.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Va.;Vt.;W.Va.;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico;Eurasia;introduced in West Indies;South America;Pacific Islands.
|discussion=<p>Subspecies 4 (4 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
<div class="treatment-key-group">
  
{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Fruiting tori easily separating from hypanthia, tori globose to ± oblong; achenes superficial or in shallow pits; leaves green to dark green, terminal leaflet blades ± round or slightly ovate-rhombic, length/width 0.9–1.3, teeth: relative number 0.4–0.9, relative size 1–2.3; bractlets and sepals spreading or reflexed in fruit.
|[[Fragaria vesca subsp. californica|Fragaria vesca subsp. californica]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Fruiting tori easily or not easily separating from hypanthia, tori globose, subglobose, oblong-ovoid, or elongate-conic (slightly oblate or conic); achenes superficial, in shallow pits, or deeply embedded; leaves green to bright green, terminal leaflet blades ovate or obovate to slightly rhombic, length/width 1.1–1.8, teeth: relative number 0.2–0.6, relative size 1.5–4; bractlets and sepals clasping, spreading, or reflexed in fruit
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Flowers usually bisexual, sometimes pistillate, 15.3–23.8 mm diam.; petals usually white, sometimes pinkish; bractlets clasping or spreading to slightly reflexed, sepals clasping in fruit; achenes in shallow pits or deeply embedded; tori usually not easily separating from hypanthia.
|[[Fragaria vesca subsp. bracteata|Fragaria vesca subsp. bracteata]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Flowers bisexual, 12–20.5 mm diam.; petals white; bractlets and sepals spreading to reflexed in fruit; achenes superficial or in shallow pits; tori easily separating from hypanthia
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Fruiting tori globose or subglobose (often slightly oblate or conic); leaves bright green; achenes superficial or in shallow pits.
|[[Fragaria vesca subsp. vesca|Fragaria vesca subsp. vesca]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Fruiting tori elongate-conic (often somewhat pointed); leaves green to bright green; achenes superficial.
|[[Fragaria vesca subsp. americana|Fragaria vesca subsp. americana]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Fragaria vesca
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;N.W.T.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mont.;N.C.;N.Dak.;N.H.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Nebr.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Va.;Vt.;W.Va.;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico;Eurasia;introduced in West Indies;South America;Pacific Islands.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_439.xml
|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Rosoideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Potentilleae
|genus=Fragaria
|species=Fragaria vesca
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