Rubus deliciosus |
Rubus glaucifolius |
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boulder raspberry, delicious raspberry |
Cuyamaca raspberry, San Diego raspberry, wax leaf raspberry |
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Habit | Shrubs, 5–15(–20) dm, unarmed. | Shrubs, to 3 dm, weakly armed. |
Stems | decumbent to erect, glabrous or sparsely short-hairy, eglandular or sparsely stipitate-glandular, not pruinose. |
biennial, creeping, glabrous, eglandular, strongly pruinose; prickles sparse, erect or slightly curved, weak, slender, 2–3 mm, narrow-based. |
Leaves | deciduous, simple; stipules lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 5–8(–14) mm; blade orbiculate to reniform, (1.5–)2–4(–5) × (2.5–)3–4.5(–7) cm, base shallowly cordate, 3–5(–7)-lobed, lobe apices broadly rounded to obtuse, margins doubly dentate, abaxial surfaces sparsely hairy, mostly along veins, sparsely stipitate-glandular. |
deciduous, ternate; stipules filiform to linear, 3–10 mm; terminal leaflets ovate to elliptic, 4–8 × 3–7 cm, base tapered or subcordate, often 2-lobed, margins coarsely dentate, apex acute to rounded, abaxial surfaces unarmed, densely white-tomentose, eglandular. |
Inflorescences | 1-flowered. |
terminal and axillary, (1–)2–4(–10)-flowered, cymiform. |
Pedicels | pubescent, sparsely to densely short- to long-stipitate-glandular. |
unarmed, finely hairy, stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | bisexual; petals white, obovate to ovate, 15–25(–30) mm; filaments filiform; ovaries glabrous, styles clavate, villous. |
bisexual; petals white, oblong to oblanceolate, 4–8 mm; filaments laminar; ovaries white-tomentose. |
Fruits | dark purple, hemispheric, to 1 cm; drupelets 10–40, coherent, separating from torus. |
reddish purple, hemispheric to conic, 0.4–1 cm diam.; drupelets 10–40, coherent, separating from torus. |
2n | = 14, 21. |
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Rubus deliciosus |
Rubus glaucifolius |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Rocky canyons, outcrops, stream banks | Semiopen montane forests |
Elevation | 1800–2900 m (5900–9500 ft) | 800–2100 m (2600–6900 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; NM; OK; WY
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CA; OR
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Discussion | Rubus deliciosus is recognized by its decumbent to erect, unarmed stems, relatively small simple leaves with obtuse to broadly rounded lobes, shallowly cordate bases, sparsely hairy abaxial surfaces, large flowers, white petals, glabrous or sparsely hairy sepals, and densely villous clavate styles. The distinction between R. deliciosus and R. neomexicanus is not always clear, especially when the former has more narrowly obtuse lobes and denser leaf abaxial hairs. Rubus deliciosus is also similar to R. bartonianus of Idaho and Oregon, as well as the Mexican R. trilobus Seringe. It might be reasonable to recognize a broader concept of R. deliciosus, one containing multiple infraspecific. Rubus deliciosus and its close relatives require a revisionary study. Rubus deliciosus has long been planted for its ornamental value because of its large, showy flowers. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Rubus glaucifolius is found in the Sierra Nevada and Klamath mountains as well as the Peninsular and northern Coastal ranges in California, and in adjacent Oregon only in Jackson County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 39. | FNA vol. 9, p. 41. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Rubeae > Rubus | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Rubeae > Rubus |
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Synonyms | R. medius, R. roezlii | R. ganderi, R. glaucifolius subsp. ganderi, R. glaucifolius var. ganderi, R. leucodermis var. glaucifolius |
Name authority | Torrey: Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2: 196. (1827) | Kellogg: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1(ed. 2): 70. (1873) |
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