Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in the coastal counties of Washington; Alaska to California.
Habitat: Sand dunes, strand, headlands, and other open coastal habitats.
Flowers: April-June
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bees, flies, butterflies, beetles, wasps
Herbaceous, scapose perennial with thick, reddish-tinged stolons that are covered with silky, spreading hairs, the scapes 3-10 cm. tall, shorter than the leaves.
Basal leaves numerous, the reddish-tinged petioles 4-10 cm. long; leaves trifoliate, the leaflets petiolate, the terminal one with a petiole to 10 mm. long; leaflets leathery, obovate, 1.5-4 cm. long, with coarse, rounded serrations above mid-length, deep green, shining and glabrous above, grayish-silky below.
Inflorescence of 5-15 flowers in an open cluster; calyx saucer-shaped, silky, with 5 elliptic bracteoles alternate with the 5 lanceolate lobes; petals 5, white, obovate-orbicular, 12-16 mm. long; stamens 20-25; pistils numerous.
Fruit an achene, 1/3 immersed in the hemispheric, hairy receptacle, which becomes enlarged to over 1.5 cm. broad, fleshy and red.
Publication: Gard. Dict. (ed. 8) Fragaria no. 4. 1768.
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ssp. pacifica – beach strawberry, coastal strawberry
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in the coastal counties of Washington; Alaska to California. Alaska to California.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Fragaria chiloensis in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Fragaria chiloensis checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Fragaria chiloensis information.
E-Flora BC: Fragaria chiloensis atlas page.
CalPhotos: Fragaria chiloensis photos.
USDA Plants: Fragaria chiloensis information.
