Rosaceae
Swamp dewberry
Rubus hispidus
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rubus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Swamp dewberry, ., Bristly dewberry, Blanchard's dewberry, Groundberry, Hairyleaf dewberry, Hutton's dewberry, Pocono Plateau dewberry
Synonyms
- Rubus blanchardianus (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
- Rubus compos L.H.Bailey
- Rubus cubitans Blanch.
- Rubus davisiorum L.H.Bailey
- Rubus fassettii L.H.Bailey
- Rubus hispidus f. pleniflorus Nieuwl.
- Rubus hispidus var. blanchardianus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus hispidus var. cupulifer L.H.Bailey
- Rubus hispidus var. hispidus
- Rubus hispidus var. major Blanch.
- Rubus hispidus var. obovalis (Michx.) Fernald
- Rubus hispidus var. pervarius L.H.Bailey
- Rubus huttonii L.H.Bailey
- Rubus jacens var. blanchardianus (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
- Rubus obovalis Michx.
- Rubus obovatus Elliott
- Rubus orbicularis H.A.Davis & T.Davis
- Rubus paganus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus pervarius (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
- Rubus plus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus porteri L.H.Bailey
- Rubus provincialis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus pudens L.H.Bailey
- Rubus rowleei L.H.Bailey
- Rubus sempervirens Bigelow
- Rubus signatus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus trifrons var. pudens (L.H.Bailey) Fernald
- Rubus vagulus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus vegrandis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus vigil L.H.Bailey
- Selnorition obovalis Raf.
- Selnorition obovalis (Michx.) Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jillllybean, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.