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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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 Flora of North America
Rubus occidentalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
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
Flora of North America
Rubus occidentalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
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.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
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 (Hunter, 2002) p259
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p110
- 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