Fragaria chiloensis(L.) Mill.

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WFO wfo-0000989973 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Fragaria chiloensis, photographed by Shane Johnson
fig. a Shane Johnson, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-17 / obs. 199005197
Fragaria chiloensis, photographed by Casey H. Richart
fig. b Casey H. Richart, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196124257
Fragaria chiloensis, photographed by er-birds
fig. c er-birds, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200263612
Fragaria chiloensis, photographed by Eugene Eric Kim
fig. d Eugene Eric Kim, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202115389
Fragaria chiloensis, photographed by Jacquie Villa Rajerison
fig. e Jacquie Villa Rajerison, CC0 1.0 / obs. 200132878
Fragaria chiloensis, photographed by sprcrkwild
fig. f sprcrkwild, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195428173
Fragaria chiloensis, photographed by Emily Langdon-Lassagne
fig. g Emily Langdon-Lassagne, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202102467
Fragaria chiloensis, photographed by Casey H. Richart
fig. h Casey H. Richart, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196123899

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Flowering n = 1,154 observations

Peak flowering in May, from 1,154 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Fragaria bonariensis Juss. ex Pers.
  • Fragaria chilensis Molina
  • Fragaria chiloensis f. patagonica Staudt
  • Fragaria chiloensis unranked pentaphylla Schur
  • Fragaria chiloensis unranked scouleri (S.Watson) Rydb.
  • Fragaria chiloensis var. sandwicensis (Decne.) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
  • Fragaria chiloensis var. scouleri S.Watson
  • Fragaria grossa Salisb.
  • Fragaria lucida E.Vilm. ex J.Gay
  • Fragaria sandwicensis Decne.
  • Fragaria sericea Douglas ex Hook.
  • Fragaria vesca var. chiloensis L.
  • Potentilla chiloensis (L.) Mabb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.