Rosaceae
Smooth blackberry
Rubus canadensis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rubus
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (5)
- Czech
- Ostružiník kanadský
- English
- Smooth blackberry, Kennedy's blackberry, Mountaintop blackberry
- German
- Kanadische Brombeere
- Persian
- تمشک کانادایی
- Swedish
- Kanadabjörnbär
Synonyms
- Rubus acridens L.H.Bailey
- Rubus argutus var. randii (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
- Rubus besseyi L.H.Bailey
- Rubus canadensis var. imus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus canadensis var. micmacorum Lepage
- Rubus canadensis var. millspaughii (Britton) Blanch.
- Rubus canadensis var. randii (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
- Rubus canadensis var. septemfoliolatus Blanch.
- Rubus canadensis var. terrae-novae (Fernald) L.H.Bailey
- Rubus illustris L.H.Bailey
- Rubus kennedyanus Fernald
- Rubus laetabilis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus millspaughii Britton
- Rubus montensis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus montensis var. superior L.H.Bailey
- Rubus pergratus Edees & A.Newton
- Rubus pergratus var. terrae-novae Fernald
- Rubus randii (L.H.Bailey) Rydb.
- Rubus ulterior L.H.Bailey
- Rubus villosus var. randii L.H.Bailey
- Selnorition canadensis Raf.
- Selnorition canadensis (L.) Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: quinn.anya, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Quinn Dombrowski, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Rubus
- RaspberryRubus idaeusRosaceae
- CloudberryRubus chamaemorusRosaceae
- Stone brambleRubus saxatilisRosaceae
- DewberryRubus caesiusRosaceae
- Arctic raspberryRubus arcticusRosaceae
- Elmleaf blackberryRubus ulmifoliusRosaceae
- SalmonberryRubus spectabilisRosaceae
- LoganberryRubus loganobaccusRosaceae
- Giant blackberryRubus armeniacusRosaceae
- Wine raspberryRubus phoenicolasiusRosaceae
- Yellow Himalayan raspberryRubus ellipticusRosaceae
- Purpleflowering raspberryRubus odoratusRosaceae
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.