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arctic blackberry, arctic raspberry, dwarf nagoonberry, nagoonberry

Photo is of parent taxon

dwarf raspberry, nagoonberry, ronce acaule

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.

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.

Inflorescences

axillary, 1–3-flowered.

flowers solitary.

Pedicels

glabrous or sparsely to moderately pubescent, eglandular or stipitate-glandular.

stipitate-glandular.

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.

Fruits

reddish to dark purple, globose, to 1 cm diam., rarely larger;

drupelets (10–)15–30, weakly coherent, separating with torus attached.

2n

= 14, 21.

Rubus arcticus

Rubus arcticus subsp. acaulis

Phenology Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Muskegs, boggy woods, fens, bogs, swamps, thickets, moist tundra
Elevation 0–3000 m (0–9800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; CO; ME; MI; MN; MT; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC; MB; NT; NU; ON; QC; SK; YT; Eurasia
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from FNA
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.)

Key
1. Leaves simple, usually 3-lobed.
subsp. stellatus
1. Leaves usually ternate
→ 2
2. Central leaflets ovate to rhombic, bases rounded to attenuate, not cuneate, apices usually acute; flowers 1–3; petals obovate, apex entire or slightly emarginate.
subsp. arcticus
2. Central leaflets ovate to obovate, bases cuneate, apices usually rounded; flowers solitary; petals oblanceolate to obovate, apex slightly to strongly emarginate.
subsp. acaulis
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
Sibling taxa
R. allegheniensis, R. bartonianus, R. bifrons, R. caesius, R. canadensis, R. chamaemorus, R. cuneifolius, R. deliciosus, R. flagellaris, R. glaucifolius, R. hispidus, R. idaeus, R. illecebrosus, R. laciniatus, R. lasiococcus, R. leucodermis, R. neomexicanus, R. nivalis, R. niveus, R. nutkanus, R. occidentalis, R. odoratus, R. parviflorus, R. parvifolius, R. pascuus, R. pedatus, R. pensilvanicus, R. phoenicolasius, R. pubescens, R. repens, R. saxatilis, R. setosus, R. spectabilis, R. trivialis, R. ulmifolius, R. ursinus, R. vestitus
R. arcticus subsp. arcticus, R. arcticus subsp. stellatus
Subordinate taxa
R. arcticus subsp. acaulis, R. arcticus subsp. arcticus, R. arcticus subsp. stellatus
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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