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dwarf bramble, hairy-fruit smooth dewberry, rough fruit berry, roughfruit raspberry

strawberry raspberry

Habit Herbs, 1–1.5 dm, unarmed. Shrubs, 5–10(–15) dm, armed.
Stems

creeping, flowering branches erect, sparsely hairy, eglandular or sparsely to moderately short-stipitate-glandular, not pruinose.

annual, arching to mounding, glabrous, eglandular, not pruinose;

prickles sparse, slightly hooked, stout, 3–4 mm, broad-based.

Leaves

deciduous, simple or ternate;

stipules broadly elliptic to ovate, 5–10 mm;

leaflets 3(–5), blade reniform or orbiculate, terminal lobe or leaflets broadly obovate to obovate-cuneate, 1.5–4(–6) × 1.5–4(–6) cm, base cordate, 3(–5)-lobed, margins coarsely doubly dentate, apex rounded to acute, abaxial surfaces sparsely hairy on veins, eglandular.

deciduous, pinnately compound;

stipules lanceolate to oblanceolate, 8–13 mm;

leaflets (3–)5–7, terminal lanceolate to narrowly ovate, (5.5–)6.2–8.5(–9.7) × (1.8–)2.2–3(–4.2) cm, base usually rounded, sometimes truncate to subcordate, unlobed, margins finely to coarsely doubly serrate, apex acuminate, abaxial surfaces with prickles on midvein, glabrous, eglandular.

Inflorescences

1–2-flowered.

solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered clusters.

Pedicels

sparsely to moderately hairy, short-stipitate-glandular.

prickles sparse, slightly hooked, glabrous, eglandular.

Flowers

bisexual;

petals white, broadly elliptic to obovate to orbiculate, (5–)8–10(–12) mm;

filaments filiform;

ovaries densely hairy, styles filiform, glabrous.

bisexual;

petals white, broadly obovate to suborbiculate, 12–15(–18) mm;

filaments laminar;

ovaries glabrous, styles glabrous.

Fruits

red, hemispheric, 1 cm;

drupelets 5–15, weakly coherent, falling separately or as loose units free from torus.

red, oblong, 1.4–2 cm;

drupelets 50–100, strongly coherent, separating from torus.

2n

= 14.

= 14.

Rubus lasiococcus

Rubus illecebrosus

Phenology Flowering May–Aug. Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Moist to dry, semiopen forests, wet meadows, roadsides, dry sand Disturbed sites
Elevation 800–2000 m (2600–6600 ft) 0–1200 m (0–3900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; WA; BC
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from FNA
CT; KY; MA; ME; MN; NC; NY; OR; PA; VA; WV; NS; ON; e Asia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America (Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela)]
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Discussion

Rubus lasiococcus is recognized by its creeping, unarmed stems, simple 3-lobed to 3-foliate leaves, small flowers, white petals, and densely hairy ovaries.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Rubus illecebrosus is distinguished from other raspberries by its prickly, glabrous, eglandular stems, pinnately compound leaves with typically seven lanceolate to narrowly ovate leaflets, relatively large flowers, white petals, and 50–100 drupelets.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 9, p. 44. FNA vol. 9, p. 43.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Rubeae > Rubus Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Rubeae > Rubus
Sibling taxa
R. allegheniensis, R. arcticus, 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. 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. allegheniensis, R. arcticus, R. bartonianus, R. bifrons, R. caesius, R. canadensis, R. chamaemorus, R. cuneifolius, R. deliciosus, R. flagellaris, R. glaucifolius, R. hispidus, R. idaeus, 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
Name authority A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 201. (1882) Focke: Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 16: 278. (1899)
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