Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Rubus idaeus var. strigosus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about raspberries at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Rubus strigosus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rubus carolinianus
COMMON NAME:
Red Raspberry, 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 (6/30/18):
Rubus idaeus var. strigosus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Rubus strigosus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rubus carolinianus
1269
Shrub
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it in high elevation forests and thickets, adelgid-killed sruce-fir forests, 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.
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
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 p110
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p066
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p232?
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p06
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p307