1269

Shrub
Perennial

Native to North Carolina

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Rare in NC

Look for it in high elevation forests and thickets, adelgid-killed sruce-fir forests, per Weakley's Flora

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems armed with many small prickles along the internodes

LEAVES:
Compound: floricanes 3 leaflets/ primocanes 5 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
White/Pale pink
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens

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

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rubus idaeus var. strigosus   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (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