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What is that red fruit that grows on California beaches?

There's this ground cover that grows in the sand in southern California beaches. It has waxy, heart-shaped leaves and these red fruits the size of a quarter. They are sweet and tart, and contain a white, latex-like sap. Anyone know what they're called? Sorry, nice try. They're not tomatoes.

Public Comments

1. Tomatoes?
2. It is probably the Beach Strawberry also called Sand Strawberry, "Fragaria chiloensis". http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&enlarge=0000+0000+0905+1120 http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-lifeform=any&rel-taxon=contains&where-taxon=Fragaria+chiloensis&rel-namesoup=matchphrase&where-namesoup=&rel-location=matchphrase&where-location=&rel-county=eq&where-county=any&rel-state=eq&where-state=any&rel-country=eq&where-country=any&where-collectn=any&rel-photographer=contains&where-photographer=&rel-kwid=equals&where-kwid=&max_rows=24