Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rubus flagellaris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Common Dewberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus flagellaris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-012:
Rubus flagellaris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Common Dewberry, Northern Dewberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_rufl_002_lvd
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April Greenville County SC
Field
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April Spartanburg County SC
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April Spartanburg County SC
Floricane leaflets with margins irregular (often serrate and lobed), per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Usually 2 or more flowers on a branch, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Inflorescence a flat-topped or elongate cyme, or flowers solitary, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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April Greenville County SC
The 5 petals white, obovate, 1.5-2.5cm long, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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April Greenville County SC
Stems armed with stout-based and usually recurved prickles (bristles lacking), per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
Dewberry species
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April Greenville County SC
Pedicels pubescent, often stipitate-glandular. Sepals densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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April Greenville County SC
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April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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July Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Thorns usually short, broad-based, and curved, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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July Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Leaflets ovate to lance-elliptic, serrate or doubly serrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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October Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rubus flagellaris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus flagellaris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-012:
Rubus flagellaris
FAMILY
Rosaceae
1267
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in old fields, woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems armed with stout curved prickles and no bristles
LEAVES:
Compound: floricanes 3 leaflets/ primocanes (3)5 leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Black
Aggregate of drupelets
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p288
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p259
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p066
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p330
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p06
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p309
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p315