Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rubus canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Thornless Blackberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-010:
Rubus canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Thornless Blackberry, Smooth Blackberry
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JK Marlow jkm120523_224
May Graham County NC
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
Glabrous, weakly armed, and found in higher elevations, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
JK Marlow jkm120523_231
May Graham County NC
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
Primocanes [1st-year, usually flowerless canes] have leaves with 5 leaflets, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm200517_4920
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Floricanes [canes that flower and fruit) have leaves with 3 leaflets, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow s120523
May Graham County NC
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
Primocane leaflets w attenuate to caudate apices, glabrous (or nearly) beneath, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm140607_502
June Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Similar to R. argutus, whose petals are 2-2.5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm140607_505
June Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Similar to R. argutus, whose sepals are 4-6mm long, densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm150814_813
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Aggregate often smaller than that of R. argutus, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rubus canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-010:
Rubus canadensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae