Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) Nuttall, 1818

 

Synonyms: Bossekia nutkan, Bossekia parviflora, Rubacer parviflorum, Rubus natkanus, Rubus velutinus, Rubus ribifolius, Sparse-flowered Thimbleberry

 

 

Rubus parviflorus is native to western North America (from southeast Alaska to California and northern Mexico), and, discontinuously, to the Great Lakes Region. Thimbleberry is found in moist forest edges and clearings, open woodlands, thickets, stream banks, meadows, canyons, dunes, and roadsides; 0-3,000 m. This is a shrub with unarmed biennial stems; up to 2.5 meters in height. Leaves deciduous, palmate (3-5 lobes), with serrate margins. Flowers are large (2-6 cm in diameter), with 5 white petals; arranged in a cyme or thyrse. Fruit is bright red, composite (50-60 drupelets). R. parviflorus flowers in May-August. Hybridizes with R. odoratus.

 

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