Rubus x sp

All fieldberry

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten raw or cooked.

This plant can be confused with the following toxic species. Always verify identification carefully before consuming any wild plant.

DEADLY

Red Baneberry

Actaea rubra

SAFE

All fieldberry

Rubus x sp

Red Baneberry: Short herbaceous plant (no thorns), berries on thick red stems, each berry has a single seed, compound sharply-toothed leaves.

All fieldberry: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.

The fruit are eaten raw. They are also cooked.

Europe, Scandinavia, Sweden,

An artificial hybrid or Nordic fieldberry and Arctic raspberry. The fruit are bright red.

Names & Synonyms

Rubus arcticus x Rubus stellatus

References (1)

Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 210