Rubus spectabilis |
Rubus pedatus |
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salmon berry |
creeping raspberry, five leaf dwarf bramble, five-leaf bramble, strawberry bramble, strawberry dwarf bramble, strawberry-leaf raspberry |
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Habit | Shrubs, 10–40 dm, usually armed. | Herbs, to 1 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. |
creeping, flowering branches erect, sparsely hairy, eglandular or 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, pedately compound; stipules broadly ovate to suborbiculate, 2–3 mm; leaflets 3 (often appearing as if 5), lateral leaflets deeply lobed, sinuses nearly to leaflet base, terminal obovate to obovate-rhombic, (1–)1.5–2.5(–3.4) × (0.8–)1.2–2(–2.5) cm, base cuneate, margins coarsely singly or doubly serrate, apex rounded to obtuse, abaxial surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy on midvein, eglandular or sparsely stipitate-glandular. |
Inflorescences | terminal and axillary, 1–2-flowered. |
1-flowered. |
Pedicels | unarmed or prickles sparse, erect, moderately to densely hairy, eglandular, rarely short-stipitate-glandular. |
sparsely hairy, eglandular or sparsely stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | bisexual; petals pink to magenta, broadly to narrowly obovate, 10–30 mm; filaments laminar; ovaries glabrous. |
bisexual; petals white, oblong to narrowly obovate, 6–10 mm; filaments filiform; ovaries glabrous, styles glabrous. |
Fruits | yellow, orange, or red, globose to ovoid, 1–2 cm; drupelets 20–80, strongly coherent, separating from torus. |
red, 0.6–1 cm; drupelets 3–6, weakly coherent, separating from torus. |
2n | = 14. |
= 14. |
Rubus spectabilis |
Rubus pedatus |
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Phenology | Flowering (Feb–)Mar–Jul. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Woodlands, woodland edges, bogs, shorelines, roadsides, disturbed areas, moist to wet soil | Coniferous woods, forest edges, glades, meadows, bogs, stream banks, streambeds, roadsides |
Elevation | 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) | 20–2300 m (100–7500 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; CA; ID; OR; WA; BC; e Asia (Japan) [Introduced in Europe]
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AK; ID; MT; OR; WA; AB; BC; YT; ne Asia
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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 pedatus is recognized by its creeping, unarmed stems, pedately 3–5-foliate leaves, relatively small flowers, white petals, and glabrous ovaries. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 53. | FNA vol. 9, p. 49. |
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 | |
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 348, plate 16. (1813) | Smith: Pl. Icon. Ined. 3: plate 63. (1791) |
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