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Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)
Image ID: 2012/ahgh97
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Other common names: Thimbleberry
Native
Family:
Rosacae (Rose)
Height: 3 to 5 ft.
(shrub)
Blooms: May to
June
Leaf Type:
divided
Bloom Size: 0.5 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Flat or rounded clusters,
Regular blooms, 5 parts
Location: Allegheny Highlands Trail
Date: 5/27/2012
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Black Raspberry may be
easily confused with:
- Common Blackberry
Flowers of the blackberry are larger. Flowers of the raspberry have very prominent stamens.
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
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