Rubus lasiococcus A.Gray

Roughfruit berry (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Rubus

Characteristics

Herbs, 1–1.5 dm, unarmed. Stems creeping, ?flowering branches erect?, sparsely hairy, eglandular or sparsely to moderately short-stipitate-glandular, not pruinose. Leaves deciduous, simple or ternate; stipules broadly elliptic to ovate, 5–10 mm; leaflets 3(–5), blade reniform or orbiculate, terminal lobe or leaflets broadly obovate to obovate-cuneate, 1.5–4(–6) × 1.5–4(–6) cm, base cordate, 3(–5)-lobed, margins coarsely doubly dentate, apex rounded to acute, abaxial surfaces sparsely hairy on veins, eglandular. Inflorescences 1–2-flowered. Pedicels sparsely to moderately hairy, short-stipitate-glandular. Flowers bisexual; petals white, broadly elliptic to obovate to orbiculate, (5–)8–10(–12) mm; filaments filiform; ovaries densely hairy, ?styles filiform, glabrous?. Fruits red, hemispheric, 1 cm; drupelets 5–15, weakly coherent, falling separately or as loose units free from torus. 2n = 14.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.6
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Moist to dry, semi-open forests, wet meadows, roadsides, dry sand; at elevations from 800-2,000 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

Rubus lasiococcus unspecified picture

Distribution

Rubus lasiococcus world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:737926-1
WFO ID wfo-0001003381
COL ID 4TKNN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rubus lasiococcus Comarobatia lasiococca