Coastal Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
A glossy-leaved, evergreen wild strawberry of coastal bluffs and dunes, with white flowers, small sweet berries, and runners that knit a tough groundcover. An ancestor of the cultivated strawberry.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.8–0.8 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~81 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, CA, HI, OR, WA