Difference between strawberries and strawberries.

So. Imagine this picture. Summer. July. Heat. You walk through a suburban area, bend over to pick a small red berry. "Now, strawberry, I will eat you," - flashes through your head. Stop! Strawberries? Or is it strawberries? These two plants are often confused. So what is the difference between strawberries and strawberries? Strawberries are called musk strawberries or nutmeg strawberries. And with garden strawberries - pineapple strawberries. In Latin, strawberry is Fragaria moschata. Garden strawberry - Fragaria ananassa.

Both strawberries and garden strawberries are perennial herbaceous plants of the genus Strawberry of the Pink family. But in the biological nomenclature, they have different names. Why then do many not distinguish between these two plants? Most likely due to their external similarity. Let's try to find the differences.

Strawberry fruit

Firstly, the height of the strawberry stalk is 25-32 cm, and that of the strawberry is 20-25 cm.

Secondly, strawberry flowers are usually unisexual, and strawberry flowers are bisexual.

And finally, strawberries, unlike garden strawberries, have light green leaves, strongly corrugated.

Fruit of garden strawberry

What is the difference between garden strawberry and strawberry for the consumer? Yes, in principle, nothing. But gardeners should take into account that strawberries are inferior to garden strawberries in terms of yield, although the environmental requirements of these two plants are approximately the same.

Bon appetit! [twenty].