2600

Shrub
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common (rare in Mountains)

Look for it in woodlands, forests, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet ...Moist ...Variable ...Dry

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

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Aggregate of drupelets

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p286
• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p394
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p067
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p309
• Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p315

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rubus cuneifolius   FAMILY Rosaceae

GREATER THAN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus cuneifolius   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 097-05-006:
Rubus cuneifolius   FAMILY Rosaceae