Rubus lasiococcus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rubus |
| Species: | R. lasiococcus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rubus lasiococcus A.Gray 1882
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Rubus lasiococcus is a North American species of wild blackberry known by the common names roughfruit berry and dwarf bramble.
Description
[edit | edit source]Rubus lasiococcus is a tangling, prostrate shrub with very slender stolons spreading along the ground and rooting where their nodes come in contact with moist substrate, forming a mat. Some stems grow erect to bear flowers. The leaves are 2.5–6.5 centimetres (1–2+1⁄2 in) wide, each deeply divided into three lobes,[2] or compound into three toothed leaflets, borne on a petiole a few cm long. The inflorescence is a solitary flower or a pair of flowers with five reflexed sepals and five white petals each up to 1 cm (3⁄8 in) long.[2] The fruit is a densely hairy red aggregate about 1.3 cm (1⁄2 in) across.[3][2]
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Leaves
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Flower side view
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in mountain forests.[4][5][6] In the southern half of its range the plant is commonly found in a plant community in the understory of mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) and Shasta red fir (Abies magnifica var. shastensis).[7]
Uses
[edit | edit source]The berry is edible.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ The Plant List, Rubus lasiococcus A.Gray
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- ^ Flora of North America, Rubus lasiococcus A. Gray, 1882. Roughfruit berry
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Rubus lasiococcus A. Gray, rough fruit berry, roughfruit berry
- ^ Turner Photographics, Rubus lasiococcus - Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest includes description, photos, distribution map
- ^ US Forest Service Plant Communities
External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Rubus lasiococcus at Wikispecies
- Rubus lasiococcus in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
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- Jepson Manual Treatment
- University of Washington, Seattle, Burke Museum
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