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Rubus bartonianus

salmonberry

Habit Rhizomatous, thicket-forming, woody perennial 1-3 m. tall, the stems bristly at least below, the bark brown and shredding.
Leaves

Leaves trifoliate, the leaflets ovate, nearly glabrous, doubly serrate, the terminal one 4-9 cm. long, the others smaller, often lobed.

Flowers

Flowers 1-2 on short leafy branches;

calyx pubescent, the 5 lobes ovate-lanceolate, pointed, spreading, 9-15 mm. long;

petals 5, purplish-red, obovate-elliptic, half again as long as the sepals;

stamens 75-100;

pistils numerous.

Fruits

Drupelets yellow to reddish, weakly coherent, coming free from the receptacle.

Rubus bartonianus

Rubus spectabilis

Flowering time March-June
Habitat Lowland moist woods and swamps to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
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Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, disjunct in northern Idaho.
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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. pubescens, R. ulmifolius, R. ursinus, R. vestitus
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