Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Fragaria
2. Fragaria orientalis Losinskaja; Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada SSSR. 25: 70. 1926.
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Fragaria corymbosa Losinskaja; F. uniflora Losinskaja.
Herbs perennial; 5–30 cm tall. Stems together with petioles spreading pilose; more densely so in upper parts; sometimes glabrescent. Leaf blade 3-foliolate; leaflets subsessile; abaxially greenish; adaxially green; obovate or rhombic-ovate; 1–5 x 0.8–3.5 cm; abaxially pilose; more densely so on veins; adaxially sparsely pilose; base cuneate on central leaflet; oblique on lateral ones; margin incised serrate; apex rounded or acute. Inflorescence corymbiform; (1 or)2–5(or 6)-flowered; with a pale green or petiolate; leafletlike bract at base. Flowers bisexual; rarely unisexual; 1–1.5 cm in diam.; pedicel 0.5–1.5 cm; spreading pilose. Sepals ovate-lanceolate; apex caudate; epicalyx segments linear-lanceolate; occasionally 2-fid. Petals white; suborbicular; base tapering into a short claw. Stamens 18–22; subequal. Carpels numerous. Aggregate fruit ripening purple; hemispheric; persistent sepals spreading or slightly reflexed. Achenes ovoid; ca. 0.5 mm wide; prominently rugose or only so at base. Fl. May–Jul; fr. Jul–Sep. 2n = 28.
Forests; meadows on mountain slopes; 600--4000 m. Gansu; Hebei; Heilongjiang; Jilin; Liaoning; Nei Mongol; Qinghai; Shaanxi; Shanxi [Korea; Mongolia; E Russia].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rubiaceae | Galium