Rubus stellatus
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Arctic raspberry, Nagoon berry
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked.
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.
Arctic raspberry: Thorny woody canes (brambles), aggregate berry made of many drupelets, berries pull easily from receptacle.
Where to Find It
It is a cold temperate plant. It grows in Arctic regions. It grows in wet coastal places.
Alaska, North America, Scandinavia, USA,
How to Identify
Perennial herb reaching 0.3 m tall with hermaphroditic flowers. Tolerates light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils preferring well-drained conditions in mildly acid to basic soils. Adapts to semi-shade or full sun, preferring moist soil. Extremely hardy to UK zone 1.
How to Grow
Easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade. Very closely related to R. arcticus and considered to be no more than a form of that species by many botanists. This plant is smaller than R. arcticus and has smaller fruits.
Propagation: Seed requires stratification and is best sown in early autumn in a cold frame. Stored seed requires one month stratification at about 3°c and should be sown as early as possible in the year. Prick out seedlings when large enough to handle and grow on in a cold frame, then plant out into permanent positions in late spring of the following year. Division can be done in early spring or just before leaf-fall in autumn.
Medicinal Uses
None known
Other Uses
A purple to dull blue dye can be obtained from the fruit.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Perennial herb reaching 0.3 m tall with hermaphroditic flowers. Tolerates light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils preferring well-drained conditions in mildly acid to basic soils. Adapts to semi-shade or full sun, preferring moist soil. Extremely hardy to UK zone 1.
Notes
There are about 250 Rubus species.
References (5)
- Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 210
- Heller, C. A., 1962, Wild Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska. Univ. of Alaska Extension Service. p 44
- Jennings, D.L., 1979, Raspberries and blackberries, in Simmonds, N.W., (ed), Crop Plant Evolution. Longmans. London. p 254
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
- Pl. icon. ined. 3: t. 64. 1791
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