Description
Strawberry (English name: strawberry, Latin name: Fragaria × ananassa Duch.), a perennial herb. The height is 10-40 cm, the stem is lower than or nearly equal to the leaves, densely spread with yellow pilose. The leaves are three-out, small leaves with short stalks, thick texture, obovate or rhomboid, dark green on the top, almost glabrous, and pale green on the bottom, sparsely hairy, densely along the veins; petioles are densely spreading yellow pilose. Cymes, with a short-stalked leaflet under the inflorescence; the flowers are bisexual; the sepals are ovate, slightly longer than the epicalyxes; the petals are white, nearly round or obovate-elliptic. The aggregate fruit is large, the persistent sepals are erect, close to the fruit; the achene is ovoid and smooth. Flowering period from April to May, fruit period from June to July.
It is native to South America and is widely cultivated in various parts of China and Europe. Strawberry has high nutritional value, contains a variety of nutrients, and has health benefits.
