Taxonomy : Fam. Rosaceae// Genus: Fragaria // Species: Fragaria vesca L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1998) and Tutin in Tutin at al. (1968).
Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia, China (Xinjiang) and Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Clearings and on the edges of forests, sparse woods.
Flowering period: Early to mid summer (JUN-JUL). Fruit ripens in summer (JUN-AUG).
Locality: Ponikva. Date: 24.07.2021.
Fragaria vesca – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Fragaria vesca – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Fragaria vesca – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Fragaria vesca – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Fragaria vesca – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Fragaria vesca – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Fragaria vesca – flower. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Fragaria vesca – developing fruit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Fragaria vesca – fruit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Fragaria vesca – fruit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Fragaria vesca – fruit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: Ponikva. Date: 22.06.2025.
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References:
Fragaria vesca . Kurtto, A. 2009+: Rosaceae (pro parte majore). – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/ . https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/17822182-8c25-45f4-b82a-c2741f404d
Fragaria vesca L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30074127-2 [Accessed 23.03.2026].
Micevski, K. 1998. Fragaria L., The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts., pp. 975–978.
Tutin, T. G. 1968. Fragaria L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M., & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea . Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 47–48.
Last update: 23.03.2026.
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