Rosaceae

Yellow Himalayan raspberry

Rubus ellipticus Sm.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus

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Yellow Himalayan raspberry (Rubus ellipticus) — FlowerPhoto: tlaloc27, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (13)

Bulgarian: Златна хималайска малина
Burmese: ငါးဥသီး
Chinese: 椭圆悬钩子, 椭圆懸鉤子, 橢圓懸鉤子, 黄蔗根, 黄锁梅, 黄锁梅叶
dty: ऐंसेलु
English: Yellow Himalayan raspberry
Estonian: Kuldvaarikas
Hebrew: פטל הימלאיה זהוב
Japanese: キミノヒマラヤキイチゴ
lah: آخرا
Nepali: रातो ऐँसेलु
Russian: Малина эллиптическая
shn: မၢၵ်ႇႁူႈ, မၢၵ်ႇႁူႈလိူင်, မၢၵ်ႇႁူႈႁီမွႆ
Thai: หนามไข่กุ้ง

Synonyms

Rubus tereticaulis subsp. ellipticus (Kupcsok) Domin

Flowers

In flower: January, March, May to July (from 15 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: tlaloc27, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: bpassah3072002, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: bpassah3072002, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bathmulang Warjri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ashis nimasangay Tamu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.