whitebark raspberry

Rubus leucodermis

Member of brambles (genus Rubus)
brambles (tribe Rubeae)
rose family (family Rosaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
white in flowering plants

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Caution: california blackberry (Rubus ursinus) can also have light-colored forms

• plant: arched to mounded
• prickles: many, stout, wide-based, straight or generally curved
• stem: 4–10 mm diam, not angled, glabrous, strongly glaucous in youth
• leaf: simple or compound, leaflets 3 when older or 5 and shallow-3-lobed when younger
• sepals: sepals hairy, prickly, ± with stalked glands
• fruit: raspberry-type (hollow when picked), red-purple to ± black

Edibility: Ripe fruit can be eaten raw. [source]

Toxicity of june berry (Rubus spp.):
0 – Non-toxic.

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Chris’s observations: 16 (15 are research grade)

Locations:

• Mt. Madonna SP: 5
• Sanborn CP: 3
• Bear Creek Redwoods OSP: 2
• Henry Cowell Redwoods SP: 2
• Henry Cowell Redwoods SP - Fall Creek Unit: 2
• Nisene Marks SP: 2

Months:

• Jan.: 1
• Feb.: 1
• Mar.: 1
• Apr.: 0
• May: 1
• Jun.: 0
• Jul.: 4
• Aug.: 1
• Sep.: 5
• Oct.: 1
• Nov.: 1

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora