Rubus flagellaris Willd. - Northern Dewberry


 

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Rubus flagellaris - (image 1 of 5)

 

Taxonomy

Family: Rosaceae

Habitat

Dry, sandy or rocky soils; pockets of soil on ledges and cliffs.

Associates

 

 Distribution

Eastern Canada west to MN, south to GA and AR.

Morphology

 

Woody perennial; primocanes prostrate or low-arching, not glaucous, often rooting at the tips; stems armed with stout, straight or hooked prickles from an expanded base; bristles lacking but minute glandular hairs may be present. Leaflets 3(5), oblanceolate to obovate, widest well above the middle, densely and and closely white or gray tomentose beneath; terminal leaflet of trifoliate floricane leaves broadly rounded to subcordate at the base and sharply acute to long-acuminate at the apex. Inflorescence leafy, flowers solitary and terminal or 2-5; pedicels elongate and erect, those of the lower flowers subtended by a trifoliate leaf or by a simple leaf with an expanded base. Fruit a cluster of drupelets remaining attached to the receptacle, black at maturity, sour.

Notes

Flowers May to June

Wetland indicator: FACU

Photographed at the Oak Openings in Ohio.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.

The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

 


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