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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   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Rubus occidentalis, Black Raspberry, Blackcap

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ruoc_001_lvd

        

image of Rubus occidentalis, Black Raspberry, Blackcap

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_ruoc_003_lvd

        

image of Rubus occidentalis, Black Raspberry, Blackcap

JK Marlow    jkm200602_5565

June    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Rubus occidentalis, Black Raspberry, Blackcap

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.

image of Rubus occidentalis, Black Raspberry, Blackcap

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).

image of Rubus occidentalis, Black Raspberry, Blackcap

JK Marlow    jkm090706_043

July    Mitchell County    NC

Hedgerow

image of Rubus occidentalis, Black Raspberry, Blackcap

JK Marlow    jkm090706_044

July        

image of Rubus occidentalis, Black Raspberry, Blackcap

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).

image of Rubus occidentalis, Black Raspberry, Blackcap

JK Marlow    jkm090706_049

July    Mitchell County    NC

Hedgerow

image of Rubus occidentalis, Black Raspberry, Blackcap

JK Marlow    jkm090706_057

July    Mitchell County    NC

Hedgerow

Pedicels with stout curved prickles, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Rubus occidentalis, Black Raspberry, Blackcap

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).

image of Rubus occidentalis, Black Raspberry, Blackcap

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

 

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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)

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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

 

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