Rubus pedatus

Rubus pedatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. pedatus
Binomial name
Rubus pedatus
Sm. 1791 not Banks & Sol. ex Lowe 1831
Synonyms
  • Ametron pedatum (Sm.) Raf.
  • Comaropsis pedata (Sm.) DC.
  • Dalibarda pedata (Sm.) Stephan
  • Psychrobatia pedata (Sm.) Greene

Rubus pedatus is an Asian and North American species of raspberry known under the common names five-leaved bramble, strawberryleaf raspberry and creeping raspberry.

Description

Rubus pedatus is a low shrub or herb with thorn-less creeping stems. The leaves are alternate, deciduous, and divided into 5 leaflets (hence the name), each coarsely toothed.

Occurring singly on slender stalks, the flowers are white and 1–2 centimetres (1⁄2–1 inch) across. The fruits are bright red, and consist of small clusters of drupelets, sometimes as few as one drupelet per fruit.

Distribution and habitat

Rubus pedatus is found in moist mossy forests, glades, stream banks and bog forests on the Pacific coasts of eastern Russia, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska, inland to Yukon, Alberta, and Montana.

Uses

The berries are edible.

References

  1. 1 2 The Plant List, Rubus pedatus
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America, Rubus pedatus Smith, 1791. Strawberryleaf raspberry
  3. ↑ Pojar, Jim and MacKinnon, Andy. Plants of Coastal British Columbia. Lone Pine Publishing. 1994. Page 79
  4. ↑ Central Coast (of British Columbia) Biodiversity, Five-leaved bramble, creeping raspberry, strawberryleaf raspberry • Rubus pedatus
  5. ↑ Smith, James Edward 1791. Plantarum Icones Hactenus Ineditae 3: plate 63 + subsequent text page line drawing of Rubus pedatus, description and figure captions in Latin on next page
  6. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  7. ↑ Turner Photographics, Rubus pedatus - Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest
  8. ↑ Turner, Mark; Kuhlmann, Ellen (2014). Trees & Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest (1st ed.). Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 402. ISBN 978-1-60469-263-1.