Fragaria ananassa
The garden strawberry is a hybrid raised in Brittany in the 1750s from the Chilean Fragaria chiloensis and the Virginian F. virginiana, not a wild species; the Pacific-Northwest range in the checklist refers to a naturally occurring form of the same cross (subsp. cuneifolia) on the coast from California to British Columbia. It is a cool-temperate, full-sun perennial that needs a cold winter rest and long bright days to fruit well, so it is a plant for a garden, balcony or bright grow tent rather than a warm room.
Where it grows wild
Wild F. × ananassa subsp. cuneifolia grows in open, sunny coastal sites of the Pacific Northwest: dune edges, meadows and roadsides on well-drained sandy loam. Cultivated forms follow the same pattern: full sun, cool moist springs, warm dry summers, hard frost in winter.
The Pacific-Northwest records lie between sea level and about 1300 m; the plant is grown from sea level to well over 2000 m worldwide.
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