Field Guide: Wildflowers

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Wild Strawberry
You found Wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana).
The plant has 2 to 10 white flowers (8). Each flower has 5 round petals that surround a yellow center. The flowers bloom in the spring. The leaves are compound and grow close to the ground (10). There are 3 leaflets for each leaf. The fruit is a bright red berry.