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Rosaceae

Sand blackberry

Rubus cuneifolius Pursh

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rubus

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Sand blackberry: Rubus cuneifolius , ripening fruit; naturalised alien invader in mistbelt grassland, vicinity of Nottingham Road, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Afrikaans
Amerikaanse braam
Chinese
沙黑莓
English
Sand blackberry, American bramble, Birmingham blackberry, Long's blackberry, Plymouth blackberry, Tampa blackberry

Synonyms

  • Rubus audax L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus chapmanii L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus cuneifolius var. angustior L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus cuneifolius var. austrifer L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus cuneifolius var. cuneifolius
  • Rubus cuneifolius var. spiniceps L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus cuneifolius var. subellipticus Fernald
  • Rubus dixiensis H.A.Davis, A.M.Fuller & T.Davis
  • Rubus escatilis L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus georgiensis L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus humei L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus longii Fernald
  • Rubus parvifolius Walter
  • Rubus probativus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus randolphiorum L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus sejunctus L.H.Bailey

Flowers

Flower colour
white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
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.