Rosaceae

Dewberry

Rubus caesius L.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus

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Dewberry (Rubus caesius) — FlowerPhoto: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (42)

Armenian: Մոշենի սովորական
Azerbaijani: Göyümtül böyürtkən
Belarusian: Ажына
Bulgarian: Полска къпина
Catalan: Romegueró
Chinese: 欧洲木莓
Croatian: Plava kupina
csb: Pòpielatô jeżëna
Czech: Ostružiník ježiník
Danish: Korbær
Dutch: Dauwbraam
English: Dewberry, European dewberry
Estonian: Põldmurakas
Finnish: Sinivatukka
French: Ronce bleue, Rosier bleue
Georgian: Ძაღლმაყვალა
German: Kratzbeere, Hechtblaue Brombeere, Ackerbeere, Bereifte Brombeere, Bockbeere
gv: Berrish ghorrym
Hungarian: Hamvas szeder
Igbo: Dewberry
Italian: Rovo bluastro
Japanese: オオナワシロイチゴ
Latvian: Zilganā kazene
Lithuanian: Paprastoji gervuogė
Macedonian: Дива капина, Сина капина
myv: Вединзей
Norwegian Bokmål: Blåbringebær
os: Цъæхбын дзедыр
Persian: تمشک کبود
Polish: Jeżyna popielica
Romanian: Mur de miriște, Mur negru albastru, Mure de miriște, Mure negru albastre
Russian: Ежевика сизая, Ежевика серо-голубая
sgs: Gervougė
Slovak: Ostružina ožinová
Slovenian: Sinjezelena robida
Spanish: Zarza pajarera
Swedish: Blåhallon
Ukrainian: Ожина сиза
Uzbek: Boldirg‘on, Boldirgʻon
vec: Mora mata
vro: Sinivabarn
Welsh: Llwyn mwyar Mair, Llwyn Nwyar Mair

Synonyms

Rubus antennifer Hook.f.
Rubus caeruleus Gilib.
Rubus caesius f. aquaticus (Weihe & Nees) Hruby
Rubus caesius f. armata Woerl.
Rubus caesius f. arvalis (Rchb.) Hruby
Rubus caesius f. cinerascens Hruby
Rubus caesius f. echinatus (Focke) Posp.
Rubus caesius f. eucaesius Bouvet
Rubus caesius f. genuinus Posp.
Rubus caesius f. glandulosus Woerl.
Rubus caesius f. glandulosus Focke
Rubus caesius f. glandulosus Bouvet
Rubus caesius f. longepedicillatus Sudre. ex Nyár.
Rubus caesius f. macrocalyx Ade
Rubus caesius f. mitis Wirtg.
Rubus caesius f. mitissimus (Ripart ex Genev.) Hruby
Rubus caesius f. pietrosensis Nyár.
Rubus caesius f. praecurrens Frid. & Gelert ex Boulay
Rubus caesius f. pseudosaxatilis Čelak. ex Godr.
Rubus caesius f. ratisbonensis Ade
Rubus caesius f. sterilis Bouvet
Rubus caesius f. vulgaris Woerl.
Rubus caesius subf. calcicola Bouvet
Rubus caesius subf. grandiflorus Bouvet
Rubus caesius subf. longisepalus Bouvet
Rubus caesius subsp. acheruntinus (Ten.) Nyman
Rubus caesius subsp. agrestis (Weihe & Nees) Ade
Rubus caesius subsp. aquaticus (Weihe & Nees) Schübler & G.Martens
Rubus caesius subsp. aquaticus (Weihe & Nees) Schübl. & G.Martens
Rubus caesius subsp. arvalis (Rchb.) Domin
Rubus caesius subsp. curvispinus Ade
Rubus caesius subsp. lajtnensis (Kupcsok) Ade
Rubus caesius subsp. lamottei (Genev.) Ade
Rubus caesius subsp. leucosepalus Focke
Rubus caesius subsp. perpannosus Ade
Rubus caesius subsp. pusillus (Ripart ex Genev.) Sudre
Rubus caesius subsp. raduloides Ade
Rubus caesius subsp. subsericeus Boulay & Gillot
Rubus caesius subsp. transaltaicus Focke
Rubus caesius subsp. villosicaulis Ade

and 104 more.

Flowers

In flower: May to September (from 841 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Borodin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: snaily_naily, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Anastasia_Surkova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Carrie Seltzer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ermell, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Arie M. den Toom, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Arie M. den Toom, 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.