The fruit are small and round; they are used in the gourmet community for their intense aroma and flavour, which has been compared to a mixture of regular strawberry, raspberry and pineapple.

Musk strawberries grow wild to a limited extent in the forests of Central Europe, north into Scandinavia, and east into Russia.

[5] The musk strawberry is found growing along the edges of forests and requires moist and sheltered sites since they do not tolerate temperature fluctuations.

[citation needed] All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes.

In the early 17th century an illustration appeared in the Hortus Eystettensis as fraga fructu magno.