Fragaria daltoniana

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Read about Fragaria daltoniana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Fragaria daltoniana, Gay (F. sikkimensis, Kurz). Small plant with red sts. to the very slender runners, offered as a rock-garden subject or carpeter: hairy or nearly glabrous: fls. solitary; calyx-lobes and bracts toothed: fr. long (1 in. long by half as broad), bright scarlet, with little flavor. Himalayas, 10,000 ft. and upward.


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Fragaria daltoniana
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Fragaria
Species: F. daltoniana

Binomial name
Fragaria daltoniana
J.Gay

Fragaria daltoniana is a species of strawberry native to the Himalayas. Its fruit has a poor flavor, and is of no commercial value.

All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria daltoniana is diploid, having 2 pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 14 chromosomes.

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