Rubus repens (L.) Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Rubus

Characteristics

Herbs, 0.5–1 dm, unarmed. Stems creeping, moderately appressed-hairy, eglandular or sparsely to moderately stipitate-glandular, not pruinose. Leaves deciduous, simple; stipules lanceolate-laciniate, (2–)3–5(–8) mm; blade ovate-orbiculate, 1.5–2.7(–3) × 1.5–3.5(–4) cm, base deeply cordate, unlobed, margins crenate to broadly dentate, apex rounded, abaxial surfaces sparsely to moderately hairy, sparsely to moderately short-stipitate-glandular. Inflorescences 1-flowered. Pedicels moderately and retrorsely long-hairy, eglandular. Flowers bisexual; petals ?absent in fertile flowers, present in sterile flowers?, white, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 5–8 mm; filaments filiform; ovaries densely hairy, ?styles glabrous?. Fruits whitish, 0.3–0.5 cm, ?dry?; drupelets 5–10(–15), not coherent, separating from torus, ?enclosed by converging sepals?. 2n = 14.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.1
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Moist woods, swamps; at elevations up to 1,000 metres.
Light 1-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
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 -

Distribution

Rubus repens world distribution map, present in Canada

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:223505-2
WFO ID wfo-0000988537
COL ID -
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rubus repens