Rubus lasiococcus |
Rubus saxatilis |
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dwarf bramble, hairy-fruit smooth dewberry, rough fruit berry, roughfruit raspberry |
stone bramble |
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Habit | Herbs, 1–1.5 dm, unarmed. | Herbs or subshrubs, to 4 dm, armed or unarmed. |
Stems | creeping, flowering branches erect, sparsely hairy, eglandular or sparsely to moderately short-stipitate-glandular, not pruinose. |
usually creeping, ± woody basally, sparsely to densely hairy, eglandular, not pruinose; prickles absent or sparse, erect, weak, 1–3 mm, narrow-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, ternate; stipules free from petioles, lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, 6–11 mm; petiole 2–11 cm; petiolule of terminal leaflet 8–20 mm; lateral leaflet sessile or subsessile; terminal leaflets ovate to elliptic, 4–8 × 3–7 cm, base tapered, unlobed, lateral leaflets sometimes shallowly lobed, margins coarsely doubly serrate, apex acute, abaxial surfaces unarmed, sparsely hairy, eglandular. |
Inflorescences | 1–2-flowered. |
axillary, 1–6-flowered, cymiform or umbelliform. |
Pedicels | sparsely to moderately hairy, short-stipitate-glandular. |
unarmed or prickles weak, erect, hairy, eglandular or sparsely stipitate-glandular. |
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 greenish white, narrowly obovate, 5.5–7 mm; filaments laminar; ovaries glabrous. |
Fruits | red, hemispheric, 1 cm; drupelets 5–15, weakly coherent, falling separately or as loose units free from torus. |
red, globose, 0.5–1.5 cm; drupelets 1–10, not or weakly coherent, separating with torus attached. |
2n | = 14. |
= 28. |
Rubus lasiococcus |
Rubus saxatilis |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Moist to dry, semiopen forests, wet meadows, roadsides, dry sand | Birch scrub, talus slopes |
Elevation | 800–2000 m (2600–6600 ft) | 1300–2100 m (4300–6900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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Greenland; Eurasia |
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 saxatilis is defined by its creeping, unarmed or weakly armed stems, ternate leaves, and relatively small white petals. It has very weak prickles that detach easily, sometimes giving plants an unarmed appearance. The species is known in the flora area from only two sites in southern Greenland (T. W. Böcher 1938; D. B. Jensen and K. D. Christensen 2003). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 44. | FNA vol. 9, p. 52. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Rubeae > Rubus | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Rubeae > Rubus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 201. (1882) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 494. (1753) |
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