Jumat, 18 Juni 2010

The Big Strawberry

The big strawberry (Fragaria moschata) is a plant belonging to rose family (Rosaceae). The species is on the Dutch Red List of plants as very rare and very much reduced. The plant is native to central Europe. The big strawberry in the vegetative stage is difficult to distinguish from strawberry (Fragaria vesca). The big strawberry usually three and twenty to twenty-seven teeth per leaf, while the strawberry is fifteen to twenty three and has. Also, the large protruding into strawberry hair beaten back the flower stalk, which in strawberry point forward.

The big strawberry is a hexaploid with 6n = 42 chromosomes.

The plant is 10-40 cm high. The leaves are ternate, assembled and hand-shaped leaves have serrated edges. The leaves are also densely hairy.

The big strawberry blossoms from May to July with white, 1,5-2,5 cm wide flowers. The flowers are mostly unisexual and dioecious plants are often so there is often no fruits are formed. Sepals not pressed. The hairs on the flower steal his oblique-beaten back.

The fruit is a false fruit is smaller than 1.5 cm. The dopvruchtjes (nuts) are on top of the fruit. The fruit has a brown on the outside red or pink-violet color. The pulp is white.

The plant is found in deciduous forests, especially outdoors, on a moist, moderately rich soil.

Before the importation of strawberry species in the 17th and 18th century North America was in Europe the big strawberry grown for consumption. The fruit has a musky smell and a spicy, aromatic taste.





Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grote_bosaardbei

See also: International Flower Delivery, Florist

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