| Scientific Name: | Fragaria x ananassa |
| Common Name: | garden strawberry |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Ground cover, Herb, Rock garden, Urban agriculture, Wildlife food |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Basal, Heavily veined, Glabrous, Pubescent, Digitate (palmate), Obovate, Ovate, Dentate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Apr-May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Achene, Edible, (Accessory tissue), Red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Runners prominent; leaves basal (or alternate along runners), compound with 3 toothed leaflets each 4-9cm long x 3-7cm wide ; flowers 1.5-2cm wide, 5 white petals; strawberries 2-3cm wide, red. | |