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Edible parts
- Fruits — deliciously aromatic
- Leaves for tea
Recognition
- Trifoliate leaf with toothed edges, light green
- Small white flowers with 5 petals
- Small red fruits (smaller than garden strawberry)
- Spreads along ground with runners
- Strawberry scent from ripe fruit
Preparation tips
- Eat raw — extremely aromatic and flavourful
- Jam or syrup
- Leaf tea: vitamin C, mild flavour
Dangerous lookalikes
- Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) — no strawberry scent, white flowers, toxic!
Medicinal use
- Rich in vitamin C
- Leaf tea as diuretic
Never eat a plant you can't identify with certainty. If in doubt, leave it.
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