General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 4-6 inches (10-15 cm)
Plant Spread: 8 inches (20 cm), but will spread until you stop it
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Semi-evergreen
Broadleaf
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Uses: Groundcover
Medicinal Herb
Vegetable
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: Fe (Iron)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Days to germinate: erratic, can take up to 26 weeks
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Alpine Strawberry
  • Woodland Strawberry
  • Wild Strawberry
  • California Strawberry
  • Sow-Teat Strawberry

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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2019-05-22
Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2017-05-12
Seed grown alpine strawberries either 'Mignonette' or 'White Soul
Location: Corner rock garden
Date: 2016-05-19
Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2019-06-07
'White Soul' & 'Mignonette'
Location: Saint Helena Isle, St. Ignace, MI
Date: 2016-09-03
Growing wild on protected Island on Lake Michigan
Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2015-05-15
Seed grown alpine strawberries mixed 'Mignonette' & 'White Soul'
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-23

Date: 2014-03-24
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: Saint Helena Isle, St. Ignace, MI
Date: 2016-09-03
Growing wild on protected Island on Lake Michigan
Location: Saint Helena Isle, St. Ignace, MI
Date: 2016-09-03
Growing wild on protected Island on Lake Michigan

Date: May
credit: John Cameron

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-23
Bloom and fruit
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-23
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-10-05
First year plant
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-23
Location: Palomar Mountain State Park, California
Date: 2012-06-16
Location: Corner rock garden
Date: June 2015
Location: Just starting to bud and bloom
Date: May 2015
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-04-02
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-04-02

Photo by Leo Michels

Photo by Leo Michels

Date: 2020-07-26

Date: 2020-07-26
Location: Northeast Pa
Date: 6/2010
Pineapple Crush

photo credit:  Yoko Nekonomania

credit: Ivar Leidus
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Comments:
  • Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Oct 24, 2017 5:33 PM concerning plant:
    Native in the Pacific NW and throughout North America. Found in moist woods, stream banks, and sandy meadows from low to mid elevations.
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