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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Rubus bifrons
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus bifrons
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-005:
Rubus bifrons
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Rubus procerus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Rubus linkianus
COMMON NAME:
European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry
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JK Marlow jkm110505_225
May Greenville County SC
Parking lot
Petals pale pink to red, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm110505_229
May Greenville County SC
Parking lot
Branches and pedicels of floricanes armed w strong flattened prickles, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm110505_236
May Greenville County SC
Parking lot
Canes very coarse, scrambling, often 2-3m long, heavily armed, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm110509_312
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Lateral leaflets smaller than terminal leaflet & on shorter petiolules, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm110521_578
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Inflorescence cymose-paniculate, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm100607_010
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Prickles nearly straight, stems glabrescent, leaves grayish-tomentose beneath, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm120609_841b
June Greenville County SC
Sepals elliptic-lanceolate, 6-8mm long, acute to aristate, tomentose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm140624_277
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Aggregate of drupelets to 2cm long, 1.5cm broad, juicy, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.