Strawberry

Description:

Camarosa variety.

Notes:

The strawberry and leaves are edible. "Many people make herbal tea with fresh, just-picked, undamaged strawberry leaves, or with strawberry leaves that have dried out completely over several weeks. In doing so, they seem to suffer no ill effects. However, like all the other plants in the rose family (Rosaceae), the leaves of strawberry plants release hydrogen cyanide gas in the early weeks of their decay process. Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is a very deadly poison. As a result, strawberry leaves during this period of decay are extremely toxic and must not be consumed in any way."