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Blackberry Blackberries Halved blackberry. Rubus fruticosus L. is the ambiguous name of a European blackberry species in the genus Rubus (part of the rose family). The name has been interpreted in several ways: The species represented by the type specimen of Rubus fruticosus L., which is also the type specimen of the genus Rubus. [1]
A Rubus abchaziensis Sudre Rubus acanthodes (Her.Hofmann ex Focke) E.Barber Rubus acanthophyllos Focke Rubus acclivitatum W.C.R.Watson Rubus accrescens A.Newton Rubus x acer L.H.Bailey Rubus aciodontus Lefèvre & P.J.Müll. Rubus acridentulus P.J.Müll. ex Boulay Rubus acroglotta W.Jansen Rubus acuminatissimus Hassk. Rubus acuminatus Sm. Rubus acutidens (Boulay) Sudre Rubus acutifrons Ley ...
The generic name means blackberry in Latin and was derived from the word ruber, meaning "red". [23] The blackberries, as well as various other Rubus species with mounding or rambling growth habits, are often called brambles. However, this name is not used for those like the raspberry that grow as upright canes, or for trailing or prostrate ...
The rows between blackberry plants must be free of weeds, blackberry suckers and grasses, which may lead to pests or diseases. [36] Fruit growers are selective when planting blackberry bushes because wild blackberries may be infected, [36] and gardeners are recommended to purchase only certified disease-free plants. [37]
Rubus ulmifolius is a species of wild blackberry known by the English common name elmleaf blackberry or thornless blackberry and the Spanish common name zarzamora.It is native to Europe and North Africa, and has also become naturalized in parts of the United States (especially California), Australia, and southern South America.
Rubus occidentalis is a species of Rubus native to eastern North America. Its common name black raspberry is shared with other closely related species. Other names occasionally used include bear's eye blackberry, black cap, black cap raspberry, [3] [4] and scotch cap. [5]
Second-year plants develop racemes of flowers each containing 5–20 flowers. [4] The flowers are typically 5-merous with large, white petals and light green sepals, borne in mid-spring. [5] Second-year plants are also capable of growing the fruit which gives the plant's common name, the blackberry. The fruits are compound drupes which change ...
A cultivar of this species named the 'Aughinbaugh' blackberry was a parent of the loganberry. R. ursinus is also a second-generation parent of the boysenberry and the marionberry, or 'Marion' blackberry. [10] 'Wild Treasure' has the fruit size and flavor of the wild species, but without prickles, and the berries are machine harvestable.