Rubus lasiococcus
Species of flowering plant
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Rubus lasiococcus is a North American species of wild blackberry known by the common names roughfruit berry and dwarf bramble.
| Rubus lasiococcus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rubus |
| Species: | R. lasiococcus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rubus lasiococcus A.Gray 1882 | |
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Description
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]
Leaves
Flower side view
Distribution and habitat
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
The berry is edible.[2]
