Swamp dewberry

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Swamp dewberry
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. hispidus
Binomial name
Rubus hispidus
L. 1753 not Marshall 1785 nor Mercier 1861 nor Hablitz ex Ledeb. 1844
Synonyms [1]
  • Rubus obovalisMichx.
  • Rubus obovatusElliott
  • Rubus sempervirensBigelow
  • Selnorition obovalis(Michx.) Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Rubus davisiorumL.H.Bailey
  • Rubus pervarius(L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey

Rubus hispidus, with the common names swamp dewberry, bristly dewberry, bristly groundberry, groundberry, hispid swamp blackberry or running swamp blackberry, is North American species of dewberry in the rose family.

Contents

The plant grows in moist or sometimes dry soils, ditches, swales or open woods in central and eastern North America, from Ontario and Minnesota east to Newfoundland, and south to South Carolina and Mississippi. [2]

Description

Rubus hispidus is a small, herb-like shrub up to 20 cm (8 inches) tall. The twigs are red and have bristles. Flowers are generally in small clumps, each with five white rounded petals. The fruit are dark purple, almost black. [3]

Unripe berries. Rubus-hispidus-Acadia.jpg
Unripe berries.

Uses

The plant is eaten by birds and many mammals. [4]

A dull blue dye can be created from its berries. The fruit also can be used as an astringent.

The berries are rather bitter for culinary use, and so this plant is generally not cultivated.

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References

  1. The Plant List, Rubus hispidus L.
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. Flora of North America, Rubus hispidus Linnaeus, 1753. Bristly or swamp dewberry, ronce hispide
  4. Niering, William A.; Olmstead, Nancy C. (1985) [1979]. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region. Knopf. p. 759. ISBN   0-394-50432-1.