Leaves hairy, rounded, with 3 coarse-toothed leaflets on a slender, running stalk. Flowers white, with 5 round petals. Fruits red, round, with seeds embedded in the flesh. Fruits soon after flowering. Throughout North America.
Common strawberries are a delicious treat on a late-spring ramble through the meadows.
The cultivated strawberry resulted from an accidental hybridization of common and beach strawberries in Holland in the 1750's.