Thimbleberry
Appearance
Thimbleberry | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Rubus |
Subgenus: | Anoplobatus
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Species: | R. parviflorus
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Binomial name | |
Rubus parviflorus Nutt. 1818
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Synonymy
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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.