Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Strawberry

A small Wild Strawberry flower, macro photographed at Maclean Pond, off Elbow Falls Trail (Highway 66), Kananaskis, on 12 June 2014. Also known as Virginia Strawberry, Common Strawberry, Smooth Wild Strawberry, and Strawberry. Latin synonyms - Fragaria glauca. These native flowers are 12-18mm across, in small clusters. "Wild Strawberries bloom from April to June. Flowers are 3/4 inch wide, with five white petals. The petals are attached to a cone-shaped part of the flower. This cone starts off yellow, then later becomes larger, thicker, and redder. This is the "strawberry" part of the Wild Strawberry plant, and it contains dry seeds." www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/wild_strawberry.htm

Just what is needed after a day of hiking! This was just a "single" - so glad I didn't ask for a "double"! Don't you just love someone who asks "Would anyone like to stop at ? and get an ice cream?"? This day, our stop was at the Boulton Creek Trading Post. Of course, I then felt desperately thirsty for the whole journey back to Calgary, ha! Enjoyed on August 7th, after hiking the Sarrail Falls trail and the Mt. Everest trail at Kananaskis Lakes, Kananaskis.

A small Wild Strawberry flower, macro photographed at Votier's Flats, Fish Creek Park, on May 30th. Also known as Virginia Strawberry, Common Strawberry, Smooth Wild Strawberry, and Strawberry. Latin synonyms - Fragaria glauca. These native flowers are 12-18mm across, in small clusters.

The Mock/Indian Strawberry has a yellow flower, which is unusual. Seen at the Reader Rock Garden.

I certainly never dreamed that there was more than one kind of Strawberry! This one was growing at the Reader Rock Garden near the Stampede Grounds. A few of the leaves were turning bright red, as shown in another photo I'm uploading this evening. "The Mock Strawberry, Potentilla indica (formerly Duchesnea indica), is also known as the Indian Strawberry and the Snake Berry. Although the foliage and fruit are quite similar, is not a true strawberry and can readily be distinguished by its yellow flowers, as opposed to the flowers of true strawberries which are white or slightly pink. It is native to eastern and southern Asia, but has been introduced to many other areas as an ornamental plant, though it is considered a noxious weed in some regions. The leaves are trifoliate, roughly veined beneath, dark green, and often persisting through the winter, arising from short crowns. The plant spreads along creeping stolons, rooting and producing crowns at each node. The yellow flowers are produced in mid spring, then sporadically throughout the growing season. The fruits are red, with red seeds, and while juicy and edible are not sweet like the true strawberries. Recent genetic evidence has shown that this genus is better included within Potentilla, but currently most sources still list it in the now-defunct genus Duchesnea." From Wikipedia website.