| Accepted name: |
Fragaria vesca L. ssp. americana (Porter) Staudt |
| Synonym(s): |
-Fragaria vesca L. var. americana Porter
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| English names: |
Hedge Strawberry
Woodland Strawberry
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| French names: |
Fraisier des bois
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HFRAVEA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
American Indians used root tea for STOMACH AILMENTS, JAUNDICE, PROFUSE MENSES. In European folk medicine, leaf tea used as a BLOOD PURIFIER and as a DIURETIC FOR GRAVEL. (Kidney stones) Tea also used as an external wash on SUNBURN (*3,*4). |
| Key Characters: |
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