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Fragaria orientalis is a diploid species of wild strawberry native to E. Asia – Eastern Siberia. It is occasionally cultivated as a novelty edible. It is written as 东方草莓 in Simplified Chinese and called (pinyin: dong fang cao mei) in Mandarin.

Fragaria orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Fragaria
Species:	F. orientalis
Binomial name
Fragaria orientalis Losinsk.

Key features

Fragaria orientalis is a perennial, averaging 8 in (.2m) tall; it blooms from Apr to May.[1] It vigorously produces runners, like many herbaceous members of Fragariinae. ^{[citation needed]}

Distinguishing features

• Fruit ripen purple-red with deeply inset ovoid achenes
• Hemispheric to obviate fruit
• Leaflets highly variable- 1–5 × 0.8–3.5 cm
• obovate or rhombic-ovate shape with slightly acute (pointed) tip
• abaxially pilose (fuzzy on the underside), especially near veins, slightly adaxial (near the stem/major midrib) pilose
• cuneate central leaflets, lateral (side) leaflets oblique (asymmetric)
• Flowers bisexual, rarely unisexual, 1–1.5 cm in diameter[2]

Cultivation

This plant is cultivated as an edible herb, although it is relatively rare in cultivation.^{[citation needed]} 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.[1]

Distribution

Fragaria orientalis is native to China and E Siberia, specifically the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, as well as in Korea, Mongolia, and E Russia.[2] 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.[1]

Numismatics

Fragaria orientalis is depicted on the Mongolian postage stamps of 1968[3] (face value is 30 Mongolian möngö) and 1987[4] (face value is 1.20 Mongolian tögrög)

References

На других языках

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- [en] Fragaria orientalis

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[ru] Земляника восточная

Земляни́ка восто́чная (лат. Fragária orientális)[4] — вид растений рода Земляника семейства Розовые (Rosaceae).

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