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Setose blackberry

Rubus setosus Bigelow

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Rubus

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Setose blackberry (Rubus setosus)
FlowerPhoto: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist

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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

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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.