Fragaria vesca Linnaeus
wild strawberry
Europe, western and central Asia, Macaronesia, eastern North
America; introduced elsewhere
Another ‘astringent’,Fragaria vesca resembles silverweed (Potentilla anserina)
in having been valued as a cosmetic: in Cornwall girls rubbed their faces with
Currants, Succulents and Roses 145Potentilla erecta, tormentil
(Fuchs 1543, fig. 144)