Rosaceae
Sawtooth blackberry
Rubus argutus
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rubus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Sawtooth blackberry, Upland dewberry
Synonyms
- Rubus abundiflorus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus americanus Anon.
- Rubus betulifolius Small
- Rubus canadensis var. invisus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus flagellaris var. invisus (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
- Rubus floridensis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus incisifrons L.H.Bailey
- Rubus invisus (L.H.Bailey) Britton
- Rubus invisus (L.H.Bailey) Britton
- Rubus koehnei H.Lév.
- Rubus louisianus A.Berger
- Rubus mauicola Focke
- Rubus penetrans L.H.Bailey
- Rubus suberectus Hook.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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.