Rosaceae
Salmonberry
Rubus spectabilis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rubus
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- عوسج رشيق
- arz
- سبكتابيليس روبوس
- Bulgarian
- Розова американска малина
- Burmese
- ငါးဥသီး
- Danish
- Laksebær
- Dutch
- Prachtframboos
- English
- Salmonberry
- Finnish
- Alaskanvatukka
- French
- Ronce remarquable, Ronce admirable
- German
- Prachthimbeere, Pracht-Himbeere, Lachsbeere, Salmonberry
- Hebrew
- פטל אדום מערבי
- hsb
- Pyšny ćernjowc, Pyšny ćernjow
- Icelandic
- Laxaber
- Igbo
- Salmonberry
- Japanese
- サーモンベリー
- Kurdish
- Trîreşik
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Prydbringebær
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Prydbringebær
- Persian
- تمشک سرخ جنگلی
- Russian
- Малина великолепная
- Swedish
- Prunkhallon
- Welsh
- Miaren oren
Synonyms
- Parmena spectabilis (Pursh) Greene
- Rubus franciscanus Rydb.
- Rubus ribifolius Willd. ex Ser.
- Rubus spectabilis var. franciscanus (Rydb.) J.T.Howell
- Rubus spectabilis var. frondosus Mercier
- Rubus spectabilis var. spectabilis
- Rubus spectabilis var. uncinatus Mercier
- Rubus stenopetalus Cham.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 4,960 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chris Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John A Haskins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: wonton_soup, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David McMaster, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gordon Leggett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Heine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, 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.