NameThatPlant.net: Rubus strigosus var. strigosus

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rubus strigosus var. strigosus FAMILY Rosaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about raspberries at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

This taxon has often been treated as an infrataxon of R. idaeus, but ... is more closely related to R. sachalinensis than to R. idaeus. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus

INCLUDING Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Rubus idaeus ssp. sachalinensis

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-003:

Rubus idaeus var. canadensis FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Rubus strigosus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Rubus idaeus var. strigosus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rubus carolinianus

COMMON NAME:
American Red Raspberry

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image of Rubus strigosus var. strigosus, American Red Raspberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rust_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rubus strigosus var. strigosus FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus

INCLUDING Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Rubus idaeus ssp. sachalinensis

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-003:
Rubus idaeus var. canadensis FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Rubus strigosus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Rubus idaeus var. strigosus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rubus carolinianus

1269

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: High elevation forests and thickets, adelgid-killed spruce-fir forests, northwards at lower elevations and more general in habitat, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems armed, densely beset w slender-based prickles & bristles, glandular-hispid

LEAVES:
Compound: floricanes 3 leaflets/ primocanes 5 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
White/Pale pink
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Bisexual

Inflorescence corymbiform, few-flowered

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pinkish-purple
Aggregate of 10-60 drupelets

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