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Five Leaf Strawberry

Fragaria pentaphylla

Fragaria pentaphylla is a small perennial wild strawberry from the mountains of central and western China, rarely grown in gardens. It forms low clumps of five-leaflet foliage and small hemispheric fruit, and suits cool, moist, well-drained conditions.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Loose, humus-rich, well-drained soil or a light potting mix.
Temperature
10–24 °C; tolerates cold winters, protect potted plants from hard freeze.
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Not toxic to cats or dogs (ASPCA).
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Qinghai to C. China
Climate
temperate

About

Fragaria pentaphylla is a tetraploid species of wild strawberry native to China. In Chinese, it is called the "five-leaf strawberry" (simplified Chinese: 五叶草莓; traditional Chinese: 五葉草莓; pinyin: wǔyè cǎoméi).

Where it grows

Fragaria pentaphylla is native to the Chinese provinces of Sichuan Qinghai Gansu Shanxi and Henan. It is most often found on forests, forest clearings, scrub, mountain meadows, and open gravels at elevations of 1000–2700 m.

Other Fragaria plants

Strawberry · Fragaria ×bringhurstii · Cascades strawberry · Beach strawberry · Fragaria daltoniana · Fragaria emeiensis · Fragaria iinumae · Fragaria iturupensis · Musk strawberry · Fragaria moupinensis · Huangmao Strawberry · Fragaria nipponica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fragaria pentaphylla 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.

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