Rubus spectabilis |
Rubus neomexicanus |
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salmon berry |
New Mexico raspberry |
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Habit | Shrubs, 10–40 dm, usually armed. | Shrubs, (10–)20–30(–35) dm, unarmed. |
Stems | erect to arching, glabrate or sparsely to densely hairy, eglandular or sparsely short-stipitate-glandular, rarely densely long-stipitate-glandular, not pruinose; bark usually papery with age, peeling (especially toward base); prickles absent or sparse to dense, erect, slender, 1–5 mm, broad- to narrow-based. |
erect, sparsely to moderately short-hairy, sparsely stipitate-glandular, not pruinose. |
Leaves | deciduous, ternate; stipules filiform to linear, 3–10 mm; terminal leaflets ovate, 4–15 × 3.5–15 cm, base truncate, rounded to shallowly cordate, shallowly, sharply lobed, margins coarsely serrate to doubly serrate, apex acute to acuminate, abaxial surfaces unarmed or with erect prickles on midvein, moderately to densely hairy, eglandular, rarely stipitate-glandular along midvein. |
deciduous, simple; stipules lanceolate to narrowly ovate, (4–)6–8(–10) mm; blade cordate to broadly ovate, (2.5–)3.5–5.5(–6.5) × (2.5–)3.5–5.5(–8) cm, base shallowly to deeply cordate, palmately, shallowly to deeply 3–5(–7)-lobed, margins coarsely doubly dentate, apex acute to broadly obtuse, abaxial surfaces moderately hairy, sparsely stipitate-glandular. |
Inflorescences | terminal and axillary, 1–2-flowered. |
1(–2)-flowered. |
Pedicels | unarmed or prickles sparse, erect, moderately to densely hairy, eglandular, rarely short-stipitate-glandular. |
sparsely to moderately hairy, sparsely to densely short- to long-stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | bisexual; petals pink to magenta, broadly to narrowly obovate, 10–30 mm; filaments laminar; ovaries glabrous. |
bisexual; petals white, broadly obovate to suborbiculate, (15–)20–30(–35) mm; filaments filiform; ovaries glabrous, styles clavate, villous. |
Fruits | yellow, orange, or red, globose to ovoid, 1–2 cm; drupelets 20–80, strongly coherent, separating from torus. |
red, hemispheric, to 1 cm; drupelets 20, coherent, separating from torus. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Rubus spectabilis |
Rubus neomexicanus |
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Phenology | Flowering (Feb–)Mar–Jul. | Flowering May–Sep. |
Habitat | Woodlands, woodland edges, bogs, shorelines, roadsides, disturbed areas, moist to wet soil | Mountain slopes, canyons, streams |
Elevation | 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) | 1400–2600 m (4600–8500 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; CA; ID; OR; WA; BC; e Asia (Japan) [Introduced in Europe]
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AZ; CO; NM; UT
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Discussion | Rubus spectabilis is a thicket-forming shrub that has relatively large and desirably edible fruit. The species is used as an ornamental primarily for its robust, showy flowers and is naturalized in parts of western Europe. It is sister to the Hawaiian endemic R. hawaiiensis A. Gray. See discussion under 36. R. ursinus for the uncertain application of the name R. menziesii Hooker. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Rubus neomexicanus is recognized by its erect, unarmed stems, relatively small, simple leaves with acute to obtuse lobes, the terminal prominent, deeply cordate base, moderately hairy abaxially, large flowers, white petals, and densely long-hairy, clavate styles. The species is similar to R. bartonianus and R. deliciosus, and treating it as a variety of the latter species would be reasonable, as W. O. Focke (1910) considered the two conspecific. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 53. | FNA vol. 9, p. 45. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Rubeae > Rubus | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Rubeae > Rubus |
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Synonyms | R. franciscanus, R. spectabilis var. franciscanus | R. deliciosus var. neomexicanus, R. exrubicundus |
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 348, plate 16. (1813) | A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 55. (1853) |
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