NameThatPlant.net: Rubus strigosus

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rubus strigosus FAMILY Rosaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Rubus idaeus var. 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

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:
American Red Raspberry

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image of Rubus strigosus, American Red Raspberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rust_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rubus strigosus FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Rubus idaeus var. 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

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

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

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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

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