Fragaria viridis Weston

Taxonomy: Fam. Rosaceae// Genus: Fragaria// Species: Fragaria viridis Weston

Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1998) as Fragaria viridis Duchesne, Nomencl. ref. Hist. Nat. Frais. 135 (1766). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Kurtto, 2009) is Fragaria viridis Weston, Nomencl. ref. Bot. Univ. 2: 327. 1771.

Lifeform:  Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the  Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to Turkey and Siberia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal.

Habitat: Grassland, sparse woods, clearing and edges of mixed oak forests.

Flowering/ fruiting period: Flowering: spring to beginning of summer (MAY-JUN). Fruiting: summer (JUN-JUL).

References:

Fragaria viridis. Kurtto, A. (2009): Rosaceae (pro parte majore). In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Fragaria%20viridis&PTRefFk=7300000 [Accessed 01.07.2021].

Fragaria viridis Weston. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60441587-2 [Accessed 01.07.2021].

Micevski, K. (1998). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.