Rosaceae
Allegheny blackberry
Rubus allegheniensis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rubus
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 阿勒格尼黑莓, 阿利根尼黑莓, 普通黑莓, 格氏黑莓, 母猪乳头黑莓, 美国黑莓, 阿勒格尼悬钩子
- Czech
- Ostružiník alleghenský
- English
- Allegheny blackberry, Common blackberry, Cacapon River blackberry, Glandstem blackberry, Marshland blackberry, Massachusetts blackberry, Pugnacious blackberry, Rose blackberry
- Estonian
- Mägimurakas
- Finnish
- Mustavatukka
- German
- Allegheny-Brombeere
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Alleghenybjørnebær
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Alleghenybjørnebær
- Swedish
- Sammetsbjörnbär
Synonyms
- Rubus acadiensis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus alleghaniensis Porter
- Rubus allegheniensis f. albinus (L.H.Bailey) Fernald
- Rubus allegheniensis f. allegheniensis
- Rubus allegheniensis f. calycosus (Fernald) Fernald
- Rubus allegheniensis f. pugnax (L.H.Bailey) B.Boivin
- Rubus allegheniensis f. rubrobaccus L.P.Wolfe & Hodgdon
- Rubus allegheniensis f. suffultus Fernald
- Rubus allegheniensis subvar. sativus (L.H.Bailey) Farw.
- Rubus allegheniensis var. albinus (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
- Rubus allegheniensis var. allegheniensis
- Rubus allegheniensis var. calycosus (Fernald) Fernald
- Rubus allegheniensis var. gravesii (Fernald) Fernald
- Rubus allegheniensis var. neoscoticus (Fernald) L.H.Bailey
- Rubus allegheniensis var. nigrobaccus (L.H.Bailey) Farw.
- Rubus allegheniensis var. plausus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus allegheniensis var. populifolius Fernald
- Rubus attractus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus auroralis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus campester L.H.Bailey
- Rubus campestris P.J.Müll.
- Rubus concameratus H.A.Davis & T.Davis
- Rubus fissidens L.H.Bailey
- Rubus fryei H.A.Davis & T.Davis
- Rubus glandicaulis Blanch.
- Rubus glandicaulis var. neoscoticus Fernald
- Rubus gravesii (Fernald) L.H.Bailey
- Rubus inclinis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus irregularis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus latens L.H.Bailey
- Rubus longissimus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus marilandicus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus montanus (Porter) Porter
- Rubus montpelierensis Blanch. ex L.H.Bailey
- Rubus nigrobaccatus Focke
- Rubus nigrobaccus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus nigrobaccus var. albinus (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
- Rubus nigrobaccus var. calycosus Fernald
- Rubus nigrobaccus var. gravesii Fernald
- Rubus nigrobaccus var. sativus (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
and 20 more.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: Joshua Mayer, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.