There are several commercially important

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s between ''

Fragaria ''Fragaria'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits. There are more than 20 described species and many Hybrid plant, hybrids and cultivars. The most common strawberr ...

'' and '' Comarum'' species in existence. A name for ''Fragaria'' × ''Comarum'' is available as × ''Comagaria'' Büscher & G.H. Loos in Veroff. ohumer Bot. Ver. 2(1): 6. 2010 along with the combination × ''Comagaria rosea'' (Mabb.) Büscher & G.H. Loos. The first-generation hybrids have been recorded as heptaploid, i.e. with seven sets of

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s; four sets of chromosomes came from their octoploid strawberry parent, and three from their hexaploid ''Comarum'' parent. D. J. Mabberley 2002. ''Potentilla'' and ''Fragaria'' (Rosaceae) reunited. ''Telopea'' 9(4): 793-801

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Commercial cultivars

All commercial

cultivar A cultivar is a kind of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and which retains those traits when Plant propagation, propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root a ...

s resemble strawberries more closely than they do ''Comarum''. They are all vigorous, and produce runners profusely. *'Frel', also known as , is a patented

strawberry that is the result of crossing the garden strawberry ''Fragaria'' × ''ananassa'' subsp. ''cuneifolia'' (syn. ''Fragaria grandiflora'') with Marsh Cinquefoil, '' Comarum palustre'' (formerly ''Potentilla palustris''), followed by backcrossing to strawberry. The plant is grown for ornamental purposes. It has bright pink flowers (in contrast to the white flowers of naturally occurring strawberry species) and it produces a small number of strawberries. *'Franor' (marketed as ) developed as a sport of 'Frel', and features a more intense red color in the flowers. *'Gerald Straley' is a seedling of 'Frel', selected at Heronswood in Washington for its bright red flowers. It was named after the former curator of the University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens. *'Lipstick' is a variety developed in 1966 from a cross between the Marsh Cinquefoil, '' Comarum palustre'' and the

Garden Strawberry The garden strawberry (or simply strawberry; ''Fragaria × ananassa'') is a widely grown hybrid plant cultivated worldwide for its fruit. The genus ''Fragaria'', the strawberries, is in the rose family, Rosaceae. The fruit is appreciated ...

, ''Fragaria'' × ''ananassa''. It has deep pink to red flowers, and slightly larger, more flavorful berries than 'Frel'. It, too, is grown for ornamental purposes.

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