Rubus hispidus L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Rosaceae

• Scientific Name

  Rubus hispidus L.

• Description

  Species Description - Primocanes trailing to low-arched, usually rooting at the tip, armed with slender, weak, straight or barely curved, slightly reflexed prickles commonly 2–4 mm, these usually with small base, sometimes with an expanded base to 5 mm, numerous to almost wanting; shorter glandular hairs usually also present; primocane lvs 3- or 5-foliolate, firm and usually shining, the terminal lfl mostly short- petiolate, oblong-ovate to obovate, broadest above the middle; infl distinctly racemiform, commonly with several or many fls; fr sour. In a wide range of habitats, even in peat-bogs. Abundant nearly throughout our range; Que. and N.S. to Wis., s. to N.C. and Mo. June–Aug. (R. ambigens; R. compos; R. cubitans; R. davisiorum; R. distinctus; R. eflagellaris; R. emeritus; R. fassettii; R. furtivus; R. huttonii; R. kalamazoensis; R. missouricus; R. multiformis; R. novanglicus; R. paganus; R. paludivagus; R. parlinii; R. plus; R. porteri; R. rosendahlii; R. rowleei; R. schoolcrafiianus; R. spiculosus; R. tardatus; R. vagulus; R. vegrandis; R. vigil; R. zaplutus)

• Common Names

  swamp-dewberry