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Rosaceae

Ecotone blackberry

Rubus heterophyllus Willd.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rubus

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Common names

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English
Ecotone blackberry, Plaitleaf dewberry

Synonyms

  • Rubus armatus (Fernald) L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus botruosus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus bretonis L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus brevipedalis L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus coloniatus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus exutus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus obsessus var. unilaris L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus pauper L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus plicatifolius Blanch.
  • Rubus polulus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus prior L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus problematicus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus pronus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus recurvicaulis var. armatus Fernald
  • Rubus rhodinsulanus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus rosendahlii L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus semierectus Blanch.
  • Rubus tetraphyllus Link
  • Rubus usus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus varus L.H.Bailey
  • Rubus victorinii L.H.Bailey

Characteristics

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

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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.