Fragaria grayana E. Vilmorin ex J. Gay, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 8: 202. 1857; F. virginiana var. illinoensis A. Gray

Stolons spreading-hairy. Leaves: petiole spreading-hairy (usually densely so); leaflet blade green to bright green, not glaucous, terminal leaflets slightly rhombic to broadly elliptic, not leathery, margins sharply serrate throughout, teeth: relative number 0.2–0.5. Peduncles and pedicels spreading-hairy (usually densely so). Flowers 14.8–25.5 mm diam. (pistillate), 19–29.8 mm diam. (bisexual and staminate). Fruits: bractlets slightly clasping or spreading to ± reflexed. 2n = 56.

Flowering spring. Forest openings, forest edges, meadows; 200–1000 m; Ala., Ark., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.Y., Ohio, Okla., Pa., Tenn., Tex., Va., Wis.