Fragaria vesca L., 1753 43% complete

Alpine strawberry

Sp. Pl.: 494 (1753)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Fragaria vesca, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced13 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded10 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 494 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Alpine strawberry No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Rose family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations N. America to Guatemala, Macaronesia, Europe to Siberia and Xinjiang No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 9 cm
  • 8.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 38 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 116, 161, 164, 178, 500, 663, 807, 842
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 122 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 161, 164, 174, 175, 178, 203, 220, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white, yellow Differs from sources
Foliage texture medium Sourced
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 25 cm
  • 25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 116, 161, 164, 178, 500, 663, 807, 842
Sourced
Sexuality hermaphrodite Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months apr, may, jun
  • apr, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-20
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded jan, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 18 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 110, 164, 175, 178, 203, 365, 460, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity
  • 5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 5 / 9 · half-shade
  • 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 89, 110, 444, 445
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5
  • pH 7.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 7
  • pH 7 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record