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Rubus bartonianus

cut-leaf blackberry, evergreen blackberry

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.

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.

Fruits

Drupelets coherent, blackberry ovoid, 1-1.5 cm. thick, blackish

Rubus bartonianus

Rubus laciniatus

Flowering time June-August
Habitat Roadsides, forest understory and edge, thickets, and other disturbed areas, mostly at low elevations.
Distribution
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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
Sibling taxa
R. allegheniensis, R. arcticus, R. bifrons, R. idaeus, R. laciniatus, R. lasiococcus, R. leucodermis, R. nigerrimus, R. nivalis, R. parviflorus, R. pedatus, R. pensilvanicus, R. pubescens, R. spectabilis, R. ulmifolius, R. ursinus, R. vestitus
R. allegheniensis, R. arcticus, R. bifrons, R. idaeus, R. lasiococcus, R. leucodermis, R. nigerrimus, R. nivalis, R. parviflorus, R. pedatus, R. pensilvanicus, R. pubescens, R. spectabilis, R. ulmifolius, R. ursinus, R. vestitus
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