Rubus enslenii Tratt.

• 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 enslenii Tratt.

• Description

  Species Description - Primocanes slender, prostrate or low-arching, normally rooting at least at the tip; armature of small, slender to stout, recurved or reflexed prickles from an expanded base, the prickles never numerous or large and in some forms nearly lacking; lvs relatively small, dull, glabrous or nearly so; terminal lfl of primocane lvs oblong to oblanceolate or obovate, usually with ± straight sides below the middle; floricane lfls distinctly cuneate toward the base, oblanceolate or obovate, mostly obtuse or very abruptly short-acuminate; infl few-fld, leafy, most of the pedicels subtended by simple or trifoliolate lvs, or often reduced to a single terminal fl. Most commonly in open oak-hickory woods; generally southern, but extending n. to s. Me., c. N.H., O., sw. Mich., and s. Wis. Apr.–June. (R. akermanii; R. cathartium; R. celer; R. centralis; R. clarus; R. connixus; R. decor; R. depavitus; R. felix; R. hypolasius; R. imperiorum; R. indianensis; R. iniens; R. injunctus; R. kentuckiensis; R. leviculus; R. longipes; R. michiganensis; R. nefrens; R. obvius; R. particularis; R. pernagaeus; R. rosagnetis; R. scambens; R. sewardianus; R. subinnoxius; R. tetricus; R. whartoniae)

• Common Names

  southern dewberry