Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Rubus occidentalis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Black Raspberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus occidentalis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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)
Rubus occidentalis
COMMON NAME:
Black Raspberry
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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.
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm200706_6459
July Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Rubus occidentalis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus occidentalis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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)
Rubus occidentalis
1270
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Mtns & NC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Look for it on roadsides, in woodlands, thickets, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
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
Inflorescence corymbiform, few-flowered
FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Aggregate of drupelets
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p259
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p110
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p066
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p232
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p122
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p155
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p06
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p307