Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Wild strawberry is the native parent of the garden strawberry, a tough, fast groundcover spreading by runners with white flowers and sweet small berries beloved by wildlife. Excellent edible living mulch.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.25–0.75 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~81 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY