Biology:Rubus pedatus

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Short description: Berry and plant

Rubus pedatus
Scientific classification edit
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[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • 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 (12–1 inch) across. The fruits are bright red, and consist of small clusters of drupelets, sometimes as few as one drupelet per fruit.[2][3][4][5]

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.[2][6][7]

Uses

The berries are edible.[8]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7376216 entry