Thimbleberry

Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) is a species of Rubus native to northern temperate regions of North America. The plant has large hairy leaves and no thorns. It bears edible red fruit similar in appearance to a raspberry, but shorter, almost hemispherical.

Thimbleberry

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Subgenus:
Anoplobatus
Species:
R. parviflorus
Binomial name
Rubus parviflorus
Nutt. 1818
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Bossekia nutkana Greene
  • Bossekia parviflora (Nutt.) Greene
  • Rubacer parviflorum (Nutt.) Rydb.
  • Rubus natkanus G.Don
  • Rubus nutkanus Moc. ex Ser.
  • Rubus nutkanus var. nuttallii Torr. & A.Gray
  • Rubus nutkanus var. parviflorus (Nutt.) Focke
  • Rubus parviflorus var. bifarius Fernald
  • Rubus parviflorus var. grandiflorus Farw.
  • Rubus parviflorus var. heteradenius Fernald
  • Rubus parviflorus var. hypomalacus Fernald
  • Rubus parviflorus subsp. velutinus (Hook. & Arn.) R.L.Taylor & MacBryde
  • Rubus velutinus Hook. & Arn.
  • Rubus ribifolius C.K.Schneid.
Thimbleberry plant with flowers

References
  1. The Plant List, Rubus parviflorus Nutt.
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