The Wild Strawberry was first found by Europeans in this country, in Virginia.
The Europeans later discovered another and larger strawberry in Chile. The strawberries we enjoy today are descendants from both these. The Wild Strawberry's fruit that still grows in the wild is very small but it still attracts bees, and other insects, mammals and birds, and its low growing leaves provide a hiding place for Salamanders and the like. Its larger cousin, the strawberries we buy today, can produce up to 200 seeds a berry.
Where I found it : On the path around a farmer's field
how beautiful this little wild strawberry!
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