Fragaria chiloensis (Beach Strawberry) is a low-growing, spreading, evergreen perennial forming rosettes of shiny, slightly lobed, dark green leaves that take on a reddish tinge in the winter.

Beach Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis) is one of the two strawberry species used to create the modern garden strawberry. In spring to early summer, it blooms with beautiful white flowers, which are later replaced by unique red fruits.

Frageria chiloensis ssp. sandwicensis is known as the Sandwich beach strawberry. Ethnobotanic: This strawberry produces many more fruits than the wood strawberry and has a great flavor. It was gathered and eaten raw by the Makah, Quileute, and Quinault of western Washington.

2022年9月6日 · Fragaria chiloensis (beach strawberry) is a wild strawberry species. Not only is this small, red fruit edible, but it's also classed as an edible local delicacy in some parts of South America. You may also know this strawberry by its common names:

A delightful strawberry plant that is grown for its white flowers and handsome jagged-edge leaves, which form a lush mat. A native wildflower to the coast and bluffs of western North and South America, this is an ideal groundcover choice for sandy soil. The leaves turn an attractive reddish color during winter.

Leaves dark green, glossy, compound, three oval leaflets, each 2.5-5 cm long, toothed, may turn red in fall. Flowers five-petaled, white, about 2 cm wide, in spring. Seedy red fruit attracts birds, may not set fruit in gardens. Sun, mow in spring to force new growth and prevent stem buildup.

Flowers morph to small strawberry fruit (approximately 1”) across and are extremely flavorful with a pleasing fragrance. Does best under full sun on well drained sites. Grows in ocean dunes and beaches as well as onto adjacent grasslands. Generally pest free.

Fragaria chiloensis, the beach strawberry, Chilean strawberry, or coastal strawberry, is one of two species of wild strawberry that were hybridized to create the modern garden strawberry (F. × ananassa). It is native to the Pacific Ocean coasts of North and South America.

White wildflowers of western USA: Fragaria chiloensis, beach strawberry: Glossy, evergreen leaves and white flowers with 5 petals; inhabits coastal areas of the west

Fragaria chiloensis coast, beach strawberry Habit: horizontal evergreen perennial spreads rapidly by red to green hairy runners that eventually form roots and a new plantlet.