Rubus aboriginum is a North American species of dewberry, known as the garden dewberry[1] and aboriginal dewberry. Like other dewberries, it is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, related to the blackberry. It is native to the United States and Mexico, primarily in the southern Great Plains.
Description
Rubus aboriginum is a bushy, viny bramble, up to 1.8 metres (6 feet) in height and breadth, but often smaller. Branches appear 'hairy' when young, and become smooth as they mature, with infrequent, short, hooked thorns.[3] The leaves are ovate, with serrated edges; flowers are white, have five petals, and are about 25 millimetres (1 inch) in diameter.[3] The fruits resemble other dewberries or small blackberries.[4]
R. aboriginum is very closely related to the northern dewberry, Rubus flagellaris,[3] and is sometimes treated as a subspecies.[4]
Distribution and habitat
It is native to the United States and Mexico, primarily in the southern Great Plains with additional populations scattered in the eastern US and in Nuevo León.[5]
The species typically inhabits areas of rocky soil and partial shade, such as open woodlands and abandoned fields.[3]
References
- ^ a b USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rubus aboriginum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ "Rubus aboriginum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Rubus aboriginum". University of Oklahoma Biological Survey. University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ a b Rydberg, Per Axel. 1913. North American Flora 22(5): 473
- ^ "Rubus aboriginum". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
External links
- Native Plant Database profile, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin
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