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Fragaria orientalis
Oriental strawberry is a perennial wild strawberry from eastern Siberia, northeast China and Korea, grown occasionally as a novelty edible. It does best in a sunny spot with moist, fertile soil, though it tolerates partial shade.
Fragaria orientalis is a tetraploid species of wild strawberry native to E. Asia – Eastern Siberia. It is occasionally cultivated as a novelty edible.
This plant is cultivated as an edible herb, although it is relatively rare in cultivation. 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.
Fragaria orientalis is native to China and eastern Siberia, specifically the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, as well as in Korea, Mongolia, and eastern Russia. 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.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fragaria orientalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
