Rosaceae
Purpleflowering raspberry
Rubus odoratus
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rubus
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- عوسج عطر
- Azerbaijani
- Ətirli moruq
- Belarusian
- Малінаклён пахучы
- Chinese
- 香悬钩子, 香覆盆子
- Czech
- Ostružiník vonný
- Danish
- Rosen-Brombær
- Dutch
- Roodbloeiende framboos
- English
- Purpleflowering raspberry, American bramble, Flowering raspberry, Purple-flowered raspberry, Virginia raspberry
- Finnish
- Tuoksuvatukka
- French
- Ronce odorante
- German
- Zimt-Himbeere
- hsb
- Cymtowy ćernjowc
- Icelandic
- Ilmklungur
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rosebær, Duftbjørnebær
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Rosebær, Duftbjønnbær, Duftbjørnebær
- Polish
- Jeżyna pachnąca
- Slovenian
- Dišeča robida
- Swedish
- Rosenhallon
- Welsh
- Llwyn mafon pêr
Synonyms
- Bossekia odorata (L.) Greene
- Rubacer columbianum (Millsp.) Rydb.
- Rubacer odoratum (L.) Rydb.
- Rubus columbianus (Millsp.) Rydb.
- Rubus glandulifolius Salisb.
- Rubus grandifolius Salisb.
- Rubus odoratus f. albiflorus House
- Rubus odoratus f. albus Zabel ex C.K.Schneid.
- Rubus odoratus f. albus Zabel
- Rubus odoratus f. bifarius Fassett
- Rubus odoratus f. glabrifolius Fassett
- Rubus odoratus f. heteradenius Fassett
- Rubus odoratus f. hypomalacus Fassett
- Rubus odoratus f. paraheteradenius Fassett
- Rubus odoratus f. parahypomalacus Fassett
- Rubus odoratus f. scopulotum Fassett
- Rubus odoratus var. albidus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus odoratus var. californicus (Kuntze) Kuntze
- Rubus odoratus var. columbianus Millsp.
- Rubus odoratus var. malachophyllus Fernald
- Rubus odoratus var. mexicanus (Kuntze) Kuntze
- Rubus odoratus var. normalis Kuntze
- Rubus odoratus var. odoratus
- Rubus quinquelobus Stokes
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Sten assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.