Rosaceae

Thimbleberry

Rubus parviflorus Nutt.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus

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Common names

By language (11)

Catalan: Thimbleberry
Chinese: 小花悬钩子, 小花懸鉤子, 小花悬钩子原变种, 小花懸鉤子原變種, 小花美花莓
Czech: Ostružiník nutkajský
English: Thimbleberry, Snow bramble
Finnish: Valkovatukka
French: Ronce parviflore, Ronce à petites fleurs
Icelandic: Mánaklungur
Japanese: シンブルベリー
Norwegian Bokmål: Nutkabær, Nutkabjørnebær
Norwegian Nynorsk: Nutkabær, Nutkabjønnbær, Nutkabjørnebær
Welsh: Llwyn mafon yGorllewin, Llwyn mafon y Gorllewin

Synonyms

Bossekia nutkana Greene
Bossekia parviflora (Rydb.) Greene
Rubacer parviflorum Rydb.
Rubacer tomentosum Rydb.
Rubacer velutinum (W.H.Brewer) A.Heller
Rubus lacer Kuntze
Rubus natkanus G.Don
Rubus nutkanus Moc. ex Ser.
Rubus nutkanus f. lacerus Kuntze
Rubus nutkanus var. bifarius (Fernald) Fernald
Rubus nutkanus var. heteradenius (Fernald) Fernald
Rubus nutkanus var. hypomalacus (Fernald) Fernald
Rubus nutkanus var. nuttallii Torr. & A.Gray
Rubus nutkanus var. parviflorus (Nutt.) Focke
Rubus nutkanus var. parviflorus (Rydb.) Focke
Rubus nutkanus var. parvifolius A.Gray
Rubus nutkanus var. pubescens C.Presl
Rubus nutkanus var. scopulorum Greene ex Focke
Rubus nutkanus var. velutinus W.H.Brewer
Rubus odoratus var. nutkanus (Moc. ex Ser.) Kuntze
Rubus parviflorus f. acephalus Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. adenius Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. allocalyx Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. bifarius (Fernald) Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. fraserianus (J.K.Henry) Fernald
Rubus parviflorus f. glabrifolius Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. heteradenius (Fernald) Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. hypomalacus (Fernald) Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. isohypomalacus Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. lacera (Kuntze) Fernald
Rubus parviflorus f. micradenius Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. nuttallii (Torr. & A.Gray) Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. parahypomalacus Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. paramicadenius Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. paratrichophorus Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. parbifarius Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. parvillosus Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. pedatifidus F.J.Herm.
Rubus parviflorus f. praebifarius Fassett
Rubus parviflorus f. scopulorum (Greene ex Focke) Fassett

and 16 more.

Flowers

Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 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.