Rubus arcticus |
Rubus arcticus subsp. acaulis |
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arctic blackberry, arctic raspberry, dwarf nagoonberry, nagoonberry |
dwarf raspberry, nagoonberry, ronce acaule |
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Habit | Herbs, 0.5–3 dm, unarmed. | Plants 0.5–2 dm. | ||||||||
Stems | erect, thin, weak, ± woody basally, glabrous or sparsely hairy, eglandular, not pruinose. |
glabrous or hairy. |
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Leaves | deciduous, simple and usually 3-lobed or ternate; stipules ovate to lanceolate, 4–8 mm; blade margins dentate, serrate, or doubly serrate, abaxial surfaces sparsely to moderately pubescent, eglandular. |
usually ternate; petiole glabrous or hairy; central leaflets ovate to obovate, to 6 cm (lateral leaflets shorter), base cuneate, margins dentate to serrate (often doubly), apex usually rounded. |
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Inflorescences | axillary, 1–3-flowered. |
flowers solitary. |
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Pedicels | glabrous or sparsely to moderately pubescent, eglandular or stipitate-glandular. |
stipitate-glandular. |
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Flowers | bisexual; petals pink to rose or magenta, obovate to oblanceolate, 8–25 mm; outer filaments dilated basally, inner filiform; ovaries glabrous or sparsely hairy, styles filiform. |
sepals caudate, glabrous or hairy, eglandular or glandular; petals pink to rose, oblanceolate to obovate, 15–25 mm, apex slightly to strongly emarginate. |
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Fruits | reddish to dark purple, globose, to 1 cm diam., rarely larger; drupelets (10–)15–30, weakly coherent, separating with torus attached. |
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2n | = 14, 21. |
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Rubus arcticus |
Rubus arcticus subsp. acaulis |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | |||||||||
Habitat | Muskegs, boggy woods, fens, bogs, swamps, thickets, moist tundra | |||||||||
Elevation | 0–3000 m (0–9800 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
AK; CO; ME; MI; MN; MT; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC; MB; NT; NU; ON; QC; SK; YT; Eurasia
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AK; CO; ME; MI; MN; MT; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC; MB; NL; NT; NU; ON; QC; SK; YT; SPM |
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies acaulis hybridizes with Rubus pubescens (R. ×paracaulis L. H. Bailey [= R. pubescens var. paracaulis (L. H. Bailey) B. Boivin]) in areas of sympatry. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 35. | FNA vol. 9, p. 35. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Rubeae > Rubus | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Rubeae > Rubus > Rubus arcticus | ||||||||
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Synonyms | R. acaulis, R. arcticus var. acaulis, R. arcticus var. grandiflorus | |||||||||
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 494. (1753) | (Michaux) Focke: Biblioth. Bot. 17(Heft 72): 24. (1910) | ||||||||
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