Rubus repens |
Rubus illecebrosus |
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dalibarde rampante, false violet, robin runaway |
strawberry raspberry |
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Habit | Herbs, 0.5–1 dm, unarmed. | Shrubs, 5–10(–15) dm, armed. |
Stems | creeping, moderately appressed-hairy, eglandular or sparsely to moderately 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; stipules lanceolate-laciniate, (2–)3–5(–8) mm; blade ovate-orbiculate, 1.5–2.7(–3) × 1.5–3.5(–4) cm, base deeply cordate, unlobed, margins crenate to broadly dentate, apex rounded, abaxial surfaces sparsely to moderately hairy, sparsely to moderately short-stipitate-glandular. |
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-flowered. |
solitary flowers or 2–3-flowered clusters. |
Pedicels | moderately and retrorsely long-hairy, eglandular. |
prickles sparse, slightly hooked, glabrous, eglandular. |
Flowers | bisexual; petals absent in fertile flowers, present in sterile flowers, white, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 5–8 mm; filaments filiform; ovaries densely hairy, styles glabrous. |
bisexual; petals white, broadly obovate to suborbiculate, 12–15(–18) mm; filaments laminar; ovaries glabrous, styles glabrous. |
Fruits | whitish, 0.3–0.5 cm, dry; drupelets 5–10(–15), not coherent, separating from torus, enclosed by converging sepals. |
red, oblong, 1.4–2 cm; drupelets 50–100, strongly coherent, separating from torus. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Rubus repens |
Rubus illecebrosus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Sep. | Flowering Jun–Sep. |
Habitat | Moist woods, swamps | Disturbed sites |
Elevation | 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) | 0–1200 m (0–3900 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; VA; VT; WV; NB; NS; ON; PE; QC |
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)] |
Discussion | Rubus repens is recognized by its creeping, unarmed stems, simple, ovate-orbiculate leaves, long petioles with spreading hairs, sterile petaliferous flowers on long pedicels and fertile apetalous flowers on short pedicels, and essentially dry fruits. Phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequence data supports inclusion of D. repens in Rubus (L. A. Alice and C. S. Campbell 1999), among other basal species to R. lasiococcus (K. V. Ambrose 2006). The Iroquois use a decoction of powdered plants of Rubus repens as a blood purifier and for venereal disease (J. W. Herrick 1977). (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. 51. | FNA vol. 9, p. 43. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Rubeae > Rubus | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Rubeae > Rubus |
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Synonyms | Dalibarda repens | |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Kuntze: Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 223. (1891) | Focke: Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 16: 278. (1899) |
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