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Accession Data:

Fragaria chiloensis (L.) Mill.

  • Common Name: Beach Strawberry
  • Family: Rosaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: western North America & disjunct population in Chile
  • Habitat: coastal bluffs and sand dunes

  • Description: It is an evergreen plant growing to 15-30 cm tall, with glossy green trifoliate leaves, each leaflet around 5 cm long. The flowers are white, produced in spring and early summer. The fruit is edible, red on the surface, white inside.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200800013
  • Source: Bryan Connolly
  • Provenance: Oregon Dunes, OR, USA
  • Accession Date: 03-03-2008
  • Bench: 2116 - MED:Mattoral B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 03-12-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Rosales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • SubFamily: Rosoideae
  • Tribe: Potentilleae
  • SubTribe: Fragariinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
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2012

References (internal):

  • Stolon
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: British Columbia / Oregon / Washington / California / Chile Central / Chile South

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
  2. Fragaria chiloensis at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
  3. Darrow, G. M. (1966). The strawberry; history, breeding, and physiology (1st edition ed.) Holt, Rinehart and Winston. (PDF). Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
  4. Image #00 (cropped) by F. Folini CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
  5. Finn, et. al., The Chilean Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis): Over 1000 Years of Domestication, HORTSCIENCE Vol. 48(4) April 2013. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.

data regenerated on Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:15:07 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Fragaria chiloensis

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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