Rubus bartonianus |
Rubus laciniatus |
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cut-leaf blackberry, evergreen blackberry |
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Habit | Strongly armed, evergreen perennial with ascending to clambering stems to 10 m. long, the prickles flattened, recurved. | |
Leaves | Leaves primarily 5-foliate, from deeply lobed to divided into secondary leaflets, these deeply incised to serrate, green and nearly glabrous above, copiously hairy beneath. |
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Flowers | Flowers rather numerous in simple or compound, flat-topped, leafy racemes; calyx woolly and prickly, the 5 lobes lanceolate and tailed, reflexed, 8-15 mm. long; petals 5, pinkish, 9-14 mm. long, obovate and tri-lobed; stamens at least 75, pistils few. |
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Fruits | Drupelets coherent, blackberry ovoid, 1-1.5 cm. thick, blackish |
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Rubus bartonianus |
Rubus laciniatus |
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Flowering time | June-August | |
Habitat | Roadsides, forest understory and edge, thickets, and other disturbed areas, mostly at low elevations. | |
Distribution | Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.
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Origin | Introduced from Europe | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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