Rosaceae
Black raspberry
Rubus occidentalis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rubus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- عوسج الشمال
- Belarusian
- Чорная маліна, Ажынападобная маліна
- Chinese
- 黑覆盆莓, 西方悬钩子
- Czech
- Ostružiník ojíněný
- English
- Black raspberry
- Estonian
- Läänevaarikas
- Hungarian
- Fekete málna
- Japanese
- ブラックラズベリー
- Persian
- رزبری سیاه
- Russian
- Чёрная малина
- Spanish
- Frambuesa negra
Synonyms
- Melanobatus michiganus Greene
- Melanobatus occidentalis (L.) Greene
- Rubus fruticosus var. tomentosus Fiori
- Rubus idaeus var. americanus Torr.
- Rubus occidentalis f. pallidus (L.H.Bailey) Rehder
- Rubus occidentalis subsp. eu-occidentalis Focke
- Rubus occidentalis subsp. euoccidentalis Focke
- Rubus occidentalis var. flavobaccus Blanch.
- Rubus occidentalis var. grandiflorus Focke
- Rubus occidentalis var. incisus Schltdl.
- Rubus occidentalis var. japonicus Miyabe
- Rubus occidentalis var. occidentalis
- Rubus occidentalis var. pallidus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus tomentosus Borkh.
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: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, 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.