Rosaceae
Dwarf red blackberry
Rubus pubescens
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rubus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Dwarf red blackberry, Dwarf raspberry
Synonyms
- Cylactis lyncemontana Raf.
- Cylactis montana Raf.
- Cylactis pubescens (Raf.) W.A.Weber
- Cylastis egopodioides (Ser.) Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Cylastis montanus (Raf.) Raf.
- Rubus aegopodioides Ser.
- Rubus americanus var. roseiflorus Peck
- Rubus canadensis Torr.
- Rubus mucronatus Ser.
- Rubus pubescens f. multiplex Raymond
- Rubus pubescens f. obovatus G.Braun
- Rubus pubescens f. roseiflorus (Peck) House
- Rubus pubescens f. spectabilis Kretzer
- Rubus pubescens prol. occidentalis Samp.
- Rubus pubescens subsp. aduncispinus Cout.
- Rubus pubescens subsp. aduncispinus (Sudre) Sudre
- Rubus pubescens subsp. amygdalanthus (Focke) Focke
- Rubus pubescens subsp. corisopitensis Sudre
- Rubus pubescens subsp. emollitus (Sudre) Sudre
- Rubus pubescens subsp. pygmadenius Kupcsok
- Rubus pubescens var. confluentinus (Wirtg.) Sudre
- Rubus pubescens var. contectus (Boulay) Sudre
- Rubus pubescens var. falcatispinus Sudre
- Rubus pubescens var. occidentalis (Samp.) Cout.
- Rubus pubescens var. perarmatus Sudre
- Rubus pubescens var. pilosifolius A.F.Hill
- Rubus pubescens var. pubescens
- Rubus pubescens var. scius L.H.Bailey
- Rubus pubescens var. truncifrons (Sudre) Sudre
- Rubus pubescens var. viveroseus Kük.
- Rubus saxatilis Michx.
- Rubus triflorus Richardson
- Rubus triflorus f. corymbosus Kuntze
- Rubus triflorus f. multipetalus Kuntze
- Rubus triflorus f. parviflorus Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos

Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Notjake13, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, 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 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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 
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.