Rubus x

Laxtonberry

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is edible.

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

Laxtonberry

Rubus x

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

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

A shrub in the Rosaceae family (a hybrid Rubus species).

Names & Synonyms

A raspberry x blackberry cross

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