Rubus pubescens Raf.

Horizontal stems long-creeping at or near the surface of the soil, ± leafy when aerial; upright stems arising near the base or along the length of the horizontal ones, herbaceous, unarmed, rarely with a few bristles, 1.5–5 dm, bearing 2–5 long-petiolate 3-foliolate lvs with oblanceolate stipules; lfls rhombic-ovate to obovate, 4–8 cm, acute or acuminate, sharply toothed especially beyond the middle, tending to be entire along the cuneate lower portion; peduncle terminal, 1–3-fld, occasionally 1 or 2 additional fls arising from the axils; pedicels usually with a few stipitate glands; pet white, seldom pink, 4–8 mm; fr dark red, 5–10 mm thick, only tardily separating from the spongy receptacle; 2n=14, 28. Damp woods and bogs; Lab. to Yukon and B.C., s. to N.H., W.Va., Ind., Colo., and Wash. May–July. (R. triflorus)

Damp slopes, rocky shores, low thickets etc. Swamps, bogs, fens, stream banks, moist woods, bluffs, gravel sites, sandy soil; at elevations up to 2,200 metres.

The fruit are eaten fresh.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.