Rosaceae
Setose blackberry
Rubus setosus
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rubus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Setose blackberry, Adirondack blackberry, Big Horseshoe Lake dewberry, Bog dewberry, Bristle berry, Bristly Oswego blackberry, Fuller's bristly dewberry, Grand Lake blackberry
Synonyms
- Rubus apparatus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus beatus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus benneri L.H.Bailey
- Rubus bicknellii L.H.Bailey
- Rubus boottianus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus condignus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus deaneanus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus discretus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus dissensus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus dissimilis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus electus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus exter L.H.Bailey
- Rubus fulleri L.H.Bailey
- Rubus groutianus Blanch.
- Rubus gulosus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus hispidoides L.H.Bailey
- Rubus hispidus var. setosus Torr. & A.Gray
- Rubus hispidus var. suberectus Peck
- Rubus jejunus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus junceus Blanch.
- Rubus junceus var. regionalis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus junior L.H.Bailey
- Rubus lawrencei L.H.Bailey
- Rubus malus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus mediocris L.H.Bailey
- Rubus navus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus nigricans Rydb.
- Rubus nocivus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus notatus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus notatus var. boreus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus notatus var. ortus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus oriens L.H.Bailey
- Rubus ortivus (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
- Rubus perdebilis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus perinvisus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus potis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus quebecensis L.H.Bailey
- Rubus racemigerus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus regionalis (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
- Rubus reravus L.H.Bailey
and 23 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos

FlowerPhoto: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Marilyne Busque-Dubois, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: naturalist charlie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: simonpesant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Branson Khounvichith, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Liz Crafford, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.