Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rubus strigosus var. strigosus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about raspberries at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus
INCLUDING Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Rubus idaeus ssp. sachalinensis
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-003:
Rubus idaeus var. canadensis FAMILY Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Rubus strigosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Rubus idaeus var. strigosus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rubus carolinianus
COMMON NAME:
American Red Raspberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rust_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rubus strigosus var. strigosus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus
INCLUDING
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Rubus idaeus ssp. sachalinensis
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-003:
Rubus idaeus var. canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Rubus strigosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Rubus idaeus var. strigosus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rubus carolinianus
1269
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: High elevation forests and thickets, adelgid-killed spruce-fir forests, northwards at lower elevations and more general in habitat, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems armed, densely beset w slender-based prickles & bristles, glandular-hispid
LEAVES:
Compound: floricanes 3 leaflets/ primocanes 5 leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
White/Pale pink
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Bisexual
Inflorescence corymbiform, few-flowered
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pinkish-purple
Aggregate of drupelets
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p110
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p066
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p232?
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p06
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p307
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