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Rosaceae

Whitebark raspberry

Rubus leucodermis (Douglas ex Hook.) Douglas ex Torr. & A.Gray

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rubus

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Whitebark raspberry: Rubus leucodermis in Carpenter Canyon about 1 km above the road end/turnaround, Spring Mountains, southern Nevada
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
English
Whitebark raspberry, Blackcap raspberry, Blue raspberry
German
Oregon-Himbeere
Hebrew
פטל כחול

Synonyms

  • Melanobatus leucodermis (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene
  • Rubus occidentalis subsp. leucodermis (Douglas ex Hook.) Focke
  • Rubus occidentalis var. leucodermis Douglas ex Hook.

Flowers

Flower colour
white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Subshrub, Vine
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, 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.