Rubus illecebrosus
| Rubus illecebrosus | |
|---|---|
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| Fruit in Lithuania | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rubus |
| Subgenus: | Idaeobatus |
| Species: | R. illecebrosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rubus illecebrosus Focke 1899 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Rubus illecebrosus is a red-fruited species of Rubus that originally came from Japan, but is also very popular in some European countries like Lithuania. Common names include balloon berry[2] and strawberry raspberry.[3] It has become sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in Canada, the United States, and South America.[4][5]
Rubus illecebrosus is a thorny shrub up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall. Leaves are pinnately compound. Flowers are produced either one at a time or in clumps of 2-3, each with 5 petals up to 18 mm (0.72 inches) long (longer than those of most related species). Fruits are also unusually large for the genus, each oblong, red, up to 2 cm (0.8 inches) long with 50–100 drupelets.[6]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Rubus illecebrosus Focke
- ↑ Fruitipedia, balloon berry, (Rubus illecebrosus) includes photos
- ↑ "Rubus illecebrosus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
- ↑ Flora ot North America, Rubus illecebrosus Focke, 1899. Strawberry raspberry
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