Rubus aboriginum
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Garden dewberry
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are edible.
Dangerous Lookalikes
This plant can be confused with the following toxic species. Always verify identification carefully before consuming any wild plant.
Red Baneberry: Short herbaceous plant (no thorns), berries on thick red stems, each berry has a single seed, compound sharply-toothed leaves.
Garden dewberry: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
North America, USA,
How to Identify
A small shrub. It forms vines and grows 1.8 m tall. It has some short hooked thorns. The leaves are oval and there are teeth along the edge. The flowers are white and have 5 petals. They are 25 mm across.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Rubus aboriginum is a North American species of dewberry in the genus Rubus, a member of the rose family. It is commonly known as garden dewberry and aboriginal dewberry. It is native to the United States and Mexico, primarily in the southern Great Plains.
Names & Synonyms
References (2)
- Encyclopedia of Life.
- Wikipedia
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