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Rubus bartonianus

dwarf red blackberry, dwarf red blackberry raspberry, red raspberry

Habit Unarmed, soft-hairy perennial from rhizomes, the herbaceous, leafy flowering stems up to 1 m. long, reclining, often rooting at the nodes.
Leaves

Leaves with oblanceolate, entire stipules 1 cm. long, the blades trifoliate;

leaflets short-petiolate, ovate, 2-6 cm. long, doubly serrate.

Flowers

Flowers 1-2 on short, erect, leafy shoots, the inflorescence with stalked glands;

calyx soft-hairy, the 5 lobes lanceolate, 3-5 mm. long, entire, reflexed;

petals 5, white or greenish-white, erect, oblong-lanceolate, 5-8 mm. long;

stamens numerous, the filaments broad and flat, narrowed abruptly near the tip; pistols 20-30, glabrous.

Fruits

Drupelets deep red, weakly coherent, attached to the receptacle;

fruit up to 1 cm. broad.

Rubus bartonianus

Rubus pubescens

Flowering time May-July
Habitat Stream banks and moist woods to clearings where moderately dry, middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in northern Washington; Alaska to Washington, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America.
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Origin Native
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. laciniatus, R. lasiococcus, R. leucodermis, R. nigerrimus, R. nivalis, R. parviflorus, R. pedatus, R. pensilvanicus, R. spectabilis, R. ulmifolius, R. ursinus, R. vestitus
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