Rubus spectabilis |
Rubus arcticus |
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salmonberry |
nagoonberry |
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Habit | Rhizomatous, thicket-forming, woody perennial 1-3 m. tall, the stems bristly at least below, the bark brown and shredding. | Strongly rhizomatous perennial with erect, herbaceous, soft-hairy, annual flowering stems 2-15 cm. tall. |
Leaves | Leaves trifoliate, the leaflets ovate, nearly glabrous, doubly serrate, the terminal one 4-9 cm. long, the others smaller, often lobed. |
Leaves 2-5 per stem, with conspicuous ovate-lanceolate, entire stipules; leaf blades trifoliate, the leaflets ovate to obovate, 1.5-3 cm. long, serrate to bi-serrate. |
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. |
Flowers terminal, usually single, rarely 2; calyx finely pubescent, the 5 lobes narrowly lanceolate, reflexed, 8-11 mm. long; petals 5, erect, pink to crimson or rose, spatulate-obovate, 10-16 mm. long; stamens 30-40; pistils 20-30, the style enlarged upward. |
Fruits | Drupelets yellow to reddish, weakly coherent, coming free from the receptacle. |
Drupelets coherent, coming free of the receptacle, the fruit reddish, globose, 1 cm. broad. |
Rubus spectabilis |
Rubus arcticus |
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Flowering time | March-June | June-August |
Habitat | Lowland moist woods and swamps to middle elevations in the mountains. | Montane meadows, bogs, and woodlands to alpine tundra. |
Distribution | Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, disjunct in northern Idaho.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in north-central Washington; Alaska to Oregon, east to the Rocky Mountains, and east across Canada to the Great Lakes Region and the northern Atlantic Coast.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Threatened in Washington (WANHP) |
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