Rubus geoides Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Rubus

Characteristics

A small herb. It grows 5 cm high. The stems can be 70 cm long and form roots at the nodes. The flowers are white. They have 5 petals. The fruit are greenish-yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In Chile it grows from sea level to 2,000 m altitude. It can grow in humid areas with constant rain and in drier areas with a winter rainfall or 400-800 mm. It can grow in some shade. It suits hardiness zone 7. It can tolerate frost and snow.
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Often found in moist open to partly shaded areas among rocks, grassland, shrub communities, forest clearings and margins; at elevations up to 550 metres. Humus rich soils in the Magellan Straits and on small hills in S. Chile.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw or cooked.
Uses dye
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 14 - 20
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Rubus geoides world distribution map, present in Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), and Uruguay

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:737006-1
WFO ID wfo-0000985876
COL ID 4TK8R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Rubus geoides