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Read more about Purple-flowering Raspberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rubus odoratus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus odoratus var. odoratus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-001:
Rubus odoratus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Purple-flowering Raspberry, Thimbleberry
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JK Marlow s040503_a
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Only Rubus in the Carolinas consistently without thorns & with simple leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm120815_684
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Dense flattened clusters of small single-seeded fleshy fruits (drupes), per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
JK Marlow jkm150808_675b
August McDowell County? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Sepals triangular-ovate and caudate [that is, with a tail-like appendage], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm150808_677
August McDowell County? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves 10-30cm wide and long, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
JK Marlow jkm150808_679
August McDowell County? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Fruit about 2cm wide, not very flavorful, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
JK Marlow jkm170818_652
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Inflorescence a compound, flat-topped cyme, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm180828_4345
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Peduncles, pedicels and calyx covered with gland-tipped red trichomes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rubus_odoratus
September
Petals rose-purple, obovate, from 0.6 to 1" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm061104_051
November Swain County NC
Cherokee Indian Reservation
Leaves palmately lobed with 3-5 triangular, irregularly toothed, divisions, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm061104_056
November Swain County NC
Cherokee Indian Reservation
Glandular hairs on twigs and petioles, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.