Cylactis arcticus subsp. acaulis
Michx.
Dwarf raspberry, Dewberry
RosaceaeFruit
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten fresh.
Where to Find It
It grows in timberline forest and alpine tundra in the Rocky Mountains in Canada.
Canada, North America, USA,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent
How to Identify
A small herb. It grows 8-25 cm tall. Several shoots grow in tufts from a perennial rootstock. The flowers are large and purple or red. The fruit are small and sweet.
Notes
There are about 700 Rubus species.
Names & Synonyms
Rubus acaulis Michx.Rubus arcticus subsp. acaulis (Michx.) FockeRubus arcticus var. acaulis (Michx.) B. Boivin
References (5)
- Cormack, R. G. H., 1967, Wild Flowers of Alberta. Commercial Printers Edmonton, Canada. p 162 (As Rubus acaulis)
- Fl. bor.-amer. 1:298. 1803 (As Rubus acaulis)
- Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 487 (As Rubus arcticus ssp. acaulis)
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Rubus acaulis)
- Porsild, A.E., 1974, Rocky Mountain Wild Flowers. Natural History Series No. 2 National Museums of Canada. p 246 (As Rubus acaulis)
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