Rosaceae
Northern dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rubus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- عوسج مداد
- Chinese
- 大瓣黑莓, 无刺黑莓
- English
- Northern dewberry, Arizona dewberry, Aberdeen dewberry, Bailey's dewberry, DC dewberry, Deam's dewberry, Downy racemose dewberry, Drybank dewberry
- Japanese
- ガーデンデューベリー
Synonyms
- Rubus aboriginum Rydb.
- Rubus alacer L.H.Bailey
- Rubus alius L.H.Bailey
- Rubus almus (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
- Rubus apogaeus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus aptatus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus arenicola Blanch.
- Rubus arenicola var. confictus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus arizonensis Focke
- Rubus ashei L.H.Bailey
- Rubus austrinus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus baileyanus Britton
- Rubus beamanii Widrl. & B.P.Riley
- Rubus bollianus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus bonus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus cacaponensis H.A.Davis & T.Davis
- Rubus camurus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus canaanensis H.A.Davis & T.Davis
- Rubus canadensis var. roribaccus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus cathartium Fernald
- Rubus celer L.H.Bailey
- Rubus centralis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus clairbrownii L.H.Bailey
- Rubus clandestinus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus clarus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus complex L.H.Bailey
- Rubus conabilis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus connixus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus cordialis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus cordifrons (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
- Rubus currulis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus curtipes L.H.Bailey
- Rubus deamii L.H.Bailey
- Rubus decor L.H.Bailey
- Rubus depavitus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus dives L.H.Bailey
- Rubus eflagellaris L.H.Bailey
- Rubus enslenii var. pluralis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus exemptus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus exemptus A.Först.
and 105 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jlane33, 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.