Fragaria orientalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Fragaria |
| Species: | F. orientalis
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Fragaria orientalis is a diploid species of wild strawberry native to E. Asia – Eastern Siberia. It is occasionally cultivated as a novelty edible. It is written as 东方草莓 in Simplified Chinese and called (pinyin: dong fang cao mei) in Mandarin.
Key features
Fragaria orientalis is a perennial, averaging 8 in (.2m) tall; it blooms from Apr to May.[1] It vigorously produces runners, like many herbaceous members of Fragariinae. [citation needed]
Distinguishing features
- Fruit ripen purple-red with deeply inset ovoid achenes
- Hemispheric to obviate fruit
- Leaflets highly variable- 1–5 × 0.8–3.5 cm
- obovate or rhombic-ovate shape with slightly acute (pointed) tip
- abaxially pilose (fuzzy on the underside), especially near veins, slightly adaxial (near the stem/major midrib) pilose
- cuneate central leaflets, lateral (side) leaflets oblique (asymmetric)
- Flowers bisexual, rarely unisexual, 1–1.5 cm in diameter[2]
Cultivation
This plant is cultivated as an edible herb, although it is relatively rare in cultivation.[citation needed] Plants for a Future offers a preliminary method of cultivation. Prefers a sunny position with moist, fertile soil for maximum production. However, plants can tolerate partial shade. Fragaria orientalis prefers a mulch of coniferous needles. They can be vigorous, spreading via runners. There is little invasive threat.[1]
Distribution
Fragaria orientalis is native to China and E Siberia, specifically the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, as well as in Korea, Mongolia, and E Russia.[2] These plants can be found in forests and meadows on mountain slopes, usually in the shade of forest trees at elevations of 600 – 4000 meters.[1]
Numismatics
Fragaria orientalis is depicted on the Mongolian postage stamps of 1968[3] (face value is 30 Mongolian möngö) and 1987[4] (face value is 1.20 Mongolian tögrög)
References
- ^ a b c "Fragaria orientalis- Lozinsk". Plants for a Future. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
- ^ a b "Flora of China". eFloras.org. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- ^ "Strawberries (Fragaria orientalis), 1968-02-18". Colnect. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
- ^ "Fragaria orientalis, 1987-06-30". Colnect. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
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