Taxonomy: Angiosperms / Eudicots / Rosids / Rosales / Rosaceae 1. Southwest Strawberry, scientifically known as Fragaria moupinensis, is a species of wild strawberry native to China. This perennial herb is characterized by its small, delicate appearance and is well-adapted to the mountainous regions where it grows. 2. The leaves Usually composed of 5 leaflets, or sometimes 3, with short or no petioles. The leaflets are elliptic or obovate, measuring 0.7-4 cm in length and 0.6-2.5 cm in width. The apex of the leaflets is rounded, and the base of the terminal leaflet is wedge-shaped, while the lateral leaflets have an oblique base. The margins have incised serrations. The upper surface of the leaves is green and sparsely covered with soft hairs, while the lower surface is densely covered with white, silky-soft hairs, especially along the veins. The petioles are 2-8 cm long and are also covered with spreading, white, silky-soft hairs. 3. Flowers: The inflorescence is cymose, bearing 1-4 flowers. The basal bracts are green and leaf-like. The flower stalks are covered with spreading, white hairs, occasionally appressed. The flowers are bisexual, with a diameter of 1-2 cm. The sepals are ovate-lanceolate, and the epicalyx segments are lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. The petals are white, obovate to nearly round, with a short claw at the base. There are 20-34 stamens of unequal length. 4. Fruit: The aggregate fruit is ellipsoid or ovoid, with persistent sepals that stand upright and are closely appressed to the fruit. The achenes are ovoid, with a few inconspicuous veins on the surface. 5. Fragaria moupinensis is commonly found on slopes, grasslands, and under forests at elevations ranging from 1,400 to 4,000 meters above sea level. 6. Domestic distribution: Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Tibet. Evaluated genome size(1x) 236.20 Mb Assembly size(4x) 980.12 Mb Scaffold N50 32.88 Mb Contig N50 323.22 Kb Chromosome number n=28 Repeats 43.18% Number of predicted coding genes 89,611 BUSCO C:98.2%