Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rubus occidentalis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Black Raspberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus occidentalis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Rubus occidentalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Rubus occidentalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-004:
Rubus occidentalis FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rubus occidentalis
COMMON NAME:
Black Raspberry, Blackcap
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ruoc_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_ruoc_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200602_5565
June Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm200602_5566
June Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Fruit separating from the receptacle, the receptacle remaining on the pedicel, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090706_039
July Mitchell County NC
Hedgerow
Leaves ternately compound, densely white-tomentose beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090706_043
July Mitchell County NC
Hedgerow
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JK Marlow jkm090706_044
July
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JK Marlow jkm090706_045
July Mitchell County NC
Hedgerow
Lateral leaflets sessile or on petiolules 1-2mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090706_049
July Mitchell County NC
Hedgerow
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JK Marlow jkm090706_057
July Mitchell County NC
Hedgerow
Pedicels with stout curved prickles, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm200706_6456
July Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Stems glabrous, glaucous, prickly, purplish when bloom is rubbed away, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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JK Marlow jkm200706_6459
July Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rubus occidentalis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus occidentalis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Rubus occidentalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Rubus occidentalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-004:
Rubus occidentalis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rubus occidentalis
1270
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, woodlands, thickets, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems armed, glabrous, glaucous, with scattered prickles
LEAVES:
Compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Bisexual
Inflorescence corymbiform, few-flowered
FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Aggregate of 10-60 drupelets
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p259
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p110
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p139
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p066
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p232
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p122
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p155
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p06
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p307
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