Rubus arcticus, the Arctic bramble[4] or Arctic raspberry,[5][6]Nagoonberry,[7] or nectarberry[8][9] is a species of slow-growing bramble belonging to the rose family, found in Arctic and alpine regions in the Northern Hemisphere. It has been used to create hybrid cultivated raspberries, the so-called nectar raspberries.[9]
Rubus arcticus grows most often in acidic soils rich in organic matter. It is a thornless perennial up to 30 centimetres (12 inches) tall, woody at the base, but very thin higher above the ground. Flowers are in groups of 1–3, the petals pink, red, or magenta. The fruit is deep red or dark purple, consisting of 10 to 30 drupelets.[2][10]
The fruits of the Arctic raspberry are considered a delicacy and, among other uses, make jam and liqueur, or flavour tea. Carl von Linné considered the Arctic raspberry – åkerbär in Swedish[11] – a great delicacy in his Flora Lapponica (1737). It is also used in Smirnoff Ice and North, and Lignell & Piispanen's Mesimarjalikööri, and Wine fruit of Arctic RaspBerry (Central Arctic in Adub).
In the Pacific Northwest of western Canada and the northwestern US, it is sometimes called the nagoon or nagoonberry, a name derived from the Tlingitneigóon.[7] A measure of the quality of its fruit is expressed in its Russian name княженикаknyazhenika, signifying the "berry of princes".[citation needed]
Culture
Arctic raspberry is the provincial plant of the Norrbotten province of northern Sweden.[15][16][17]
1 2 H. Hiirsalmi, and J. Säkö (1976), "The nectar raspberry hybrid Rubus idaeus x Rubus arcticus a new cultivated plant", Annales Agriculturae Fenniae, 15 (2): 168–174, doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.1976.60.20
1 2 "Rubus arcticus L. - Åkerbär". Den Virtuella Floran (in Swedish). Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. 1996: description, ecological information, photos.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
↑ Kartesz, John T. (2014). "Rubusarcticus". State-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP).
↑ "Rubus arcticus: Nagoon Berry". Central Yukon Species Inventory Project (CYSIP). Friends of Dempster Country; includes photos, description, line drawing, global distribution map.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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