Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rubus pensilvanicus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Pennsylvania Blackberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus argutus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Rubus pensilvanicus
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Rubus pensilvanicus
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-009:
Rubus argutus FAMILY Rosaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Rubus betulifolius
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rubus argutus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rubus betulifolius
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rubus floridus
COMMON NAME:
Pennsylvania Blackberry, Highbush Blackberry, Eastern Blackberry, Southern Blackberry
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April Spartanburg County SC
Floricanes [that is, 2nd year flowering canes] have leaves with 3 leaflets, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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April Spartanburg County SC
The most common "highbush" blackberry in most of our area, per Weakley's Flora.
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April Greenville County SC
Flowers about 1" wide, the petals longer than the sepals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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April Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Sepals 4-6mm long, densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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May Greenville County SC
Leaflets of primocanes w acute to acuminate apices, softly pubescent beneath, per Weakley's Flora.
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June Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Blackberry (aggregate fruit of drupelets) bright red maturing to blue-black, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rubus pensilvanicus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus argutus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Rubus pensilvanicus
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Rubus pensilvanicus
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-009:
Rubus argutus
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Rubus betulifolius
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rubus argutus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rubus betulifolius
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rubus floridus