Fragaria × Comarum hybrids
Hybrid strawberry
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There are several commercially important hybrids between Fragaria and Comarum species in existence. A name for Fragaria × Comarum is available as × Comagaria Büscher & G.H. Loos in Veroff. [Bohumer 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 chromosomes; four sets of chromosomes came from their octoploid strawberry parent, and three from their hexaploid Comarum parent.[1]
Commercial cultivars
All commercial cultivars resemble strawberries more closely than they do Comarum. They are all vigorous, and produce runners profusely.
- 'Frel', also known as Pink Panda,[2] is a patented hybrid strawberry that is the result of crossing the garden strawberry Fragaria × ananassa subsp. cuneifolia (syn. Fragaria grandiflora)[3] with Marsh Cinquefoil, Comarum palustre (formerly Potentilla palustris), followed by backcrossing to strawberry.[4] 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.[4]
- 'Franor' (marketed as Red Ruby) developed as a sport of 'Frel', and features a more intense red color in the flowers.[5]
- '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, Fragaria × ananassa.[6] 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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- 'Roseberry[7] The original seedling resulted from pollinating SJ8518-11 (Raritan × K74-12) with pollen from SJ9616-1 × Pink Panda. The cross was done in 1994 at AAFC in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu by Shahrokh Khanizadeh. ‘Roseberry’ was selected in 1996 and released in 2010
- 'Rosalyne'[8] (SJ09620-76) originated from a controlled cross between variety ‘Fern' x (SJ9616-1 x Pink Panda) in 1994 at the Horticultural Research and Development Centre of the Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada research station in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. it is a winter hardy with long duration of flowering and fruiting.
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