• Family : Rosaceae
  (Rose Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Fragaria nubicola (Lindl. ex Hook.f.) Lacaita
• Common name : Himalayan Strawberry
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Forests, shrubberies and shaddy banks
• Comments / notes : A small softly silky-haired perennial with trifoliate leaves, with long runners which root at the nodes
• Key identification features : Distinguished by its globular fruit and usually entire calyx-lobes
• Flower, Fruit : April-June
• Distribution :
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
• Native : Afghanistan to Tibet and N. India
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Afghanistan, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 123
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Fragaria nubicola. Downloaded on 3 July 2022.

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