Its seeds were later taken along the Silk Road towards the far East and to Europe where it was widely cultivated until the 18th century, when it began to be replaced by the garden strawberry, (Fragaria × ananassa), which has much larger fruit and showed greater variation, making them better suited for further breeding.
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, such as Stachys, Eupatorium cannabinum and Fragaria vesca.
Fragaria vesca | Fragaria | Fragaria chiloensis | Fragaria viridis | ''Fragaria vesca'' alongside the Elwha River trail in Olympic National Park |
The Gessner garden shows 50 medicinal plants (herbs and shrubs), used by 16th century's healers, each with a citation of a healer from that period, such as Cynara cardunculus, Potentilla erecta, Linum usitatissimum, Paeonia officinalis, Silybum marianum, Juniperus communis, Fragaria vesca, Artemisia absinthium and more.