Rubus odoratus, the purple-flowered raspberry,[2][3]flowering raspberry,[3] or Virginia raspberry, is a species of Rubus, native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to Ontario and Wisconsin, and south along the Appalachian Mountains as far as Georgia and Alabama.[3][4]
Rubus odoratus is a shrub growing to 3 meters (10 feet) tall, with perennial, not biennial, stems (unlike many other species in the genus). Also, unlike most other related species this plant does not have thorns. The leaves are palmately lobed with five (rarely three or seven) lobes, up to 25 cm (10 inches) long and broad, superficially resembling maple leaves. The flowers are 3–5 cm (1.2–2 inches) in diameter, with five magenta or occasionally white petals; they are produced from early spring to early fall. The red edible fruit matures in late summer to early autumn, and resembles a large, flat raspberry with many drupelets, and is rather fuzzy to the touch and tongue.[2][5][6][7][8]
This species is occasionally referred to as thimbleberry,[9][10][11] a name more commonly associated with fellow North American species Rubus parviflorus.
^The Plant List, Rubus odoratus L.
^ abClive Stace, R. van der Meijden, I. de Kort, no date. Flora of NW Europe. entry for Rubus odoratus Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ abc"Rubus odoratus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
^"Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map".
^Wildflowers of the Southeastern United States: Rubus odoratus Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
^Bioimages: Rubus odoratus Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
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