Fragaria vesca

Family	Rosaceae
Subfamily	Rosoideae
Tribe	Potentilleae
Subtribe	Fragariinae
Scientific name	Fragaria vesca L.
Synonyms	Fragaria americana (Porter) Britton; Fragaria chinensis Losinskaja; Fragaria concolor Kitagawa; Potentilla vesca (L.) Scopoli
Common name	(Japanese common name) ezo hebi-ichogo (エゾヘビイチゴ, 蝦夷蛇苺 [meaning: Ezo snake strawberry (Ezo = an old name of Hokkaido)])
	(English common name) woodland strawberry
Distribution	(Japan) Hokkaido
	(Other nations) [native] Russia, China, Mongolia, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Turkey, Europe, Canada, USA
Habitat	Field, forest edge
Chromosomal number	2n=14
Description	Plants 15-20cm long. Leaves 3-7cm long. Flowers white ca. 15-20mm across, flowering in May to July. Perennial plants.
Reference	Fragaria vesca L.
	Fragaria vesca Linnaeus
	Fragaria vesca L.
	Diurethanes (US Patent 4131751/1978)
	Strawberry fruit promoters for gene expression (US Patent 6043410/2000)
	Process for the preparation of a stable, homogeneous, extract free or nearly free from secondary reaction products (US Patent 6207164/2001)
	Cosmetic compositions comprising exfoliating enzymes and uses thereof (US Patent 6416769/2002)
	Nucleic acid sequences and expression system relating to Enterococcus faecium for diagnostics and therapeutics (US Patent 6583275/2003)
	Personal care compositions comprising liquid ester mixtures (US Patent 6762158/2004)
	Method for selecting transformed plant cells using ethionine and cystathionine gamma synthase as the selection agent and marker gene (US Patent 6821781/2004)
	Micronized vitamin C formulation (US Patent 7101563/2006)
	Formulations for topical delivery of bioactive substances and methods for their use (US Patent 7241456/2007)
Note	Naturalized plants.

May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden	May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden	May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden