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Allegheny blackberry

Rubus allegheniensis Porter

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rubus

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Allegheny blackberry: Rubus allegheniensis Porter - Allegheny blackberry. Pecatonica River Woods, Wisconsin
Photo: Joshua Mayer, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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

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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.