Beach-Strawberry
Fragaria Chilensis, Ehrhart. Rose Family
Hab.—The coast, from Alaska to San Francisco and southward.
This beautiful strawberry is found growing near the seashore, where its large, delicious berries are often buried beneath the shifting sand, becoming bleached in color. It sometimes covers acres with its thick, shining, dark-green leaves, among which are sprinkled its large pure-white flowers, an inch or more across.
The wood-strawberry—F. Californica—is very common in the Coast Ranges; but for the most part it is dry and flavorless.
WAKE-ROBIN—Trillium ovatum