Virginia Strawberry

Fragaria virginiana Duchesne, Hist. Nat. Frais. 204. 1766. > ">l
Fragaria vesca Walt. Fl. Car. 150. 1788. Not«F. vesca I,, 1753. Fragaria canadensis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 299, in part. 1803. Fragaria elalior Raf. Atl. Jour. 152. 1832. Not F. elaiior Khrh. 1793.
Rootstock thick and short ; leaves moderately thick, or in shaded places rather thin, sometimes dark-green, not glaucous, slightly silky when young, glabrate in age; petioles 2-30 cm. long, with spreading hairs, rather stout ; leaflets 3-10 cm. long, obovate or oblong, always petiolulate, coarsely toothed, obtuse at the apex ; runners long and rather stout ; scape, stout, more or less villous with spreading hairs, generally 1.5-2 dm. high, often with a foliaceous bract and rather many-flowered ; pedicels appressed-hairy ; flowers 1-2 cm. in diameter ; bractlets and sepals lanceolate, acute or acuminate ; petals obovate, usually exceeding the sepals by a half; fruit 1-1.5 cm. in diameter, subglobose; achenes set in deep pits.
Type locality : Virginia.
Distribution : From Prince Edward Island to Minnesota, Indian Territory, and Georgia ;