Rosaceae
California blackberry
Rubus ursinus
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rubus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- California blackberry
Synonyms
- Parmena menziesii (Hook.) Greene
- Rubus eastwoodianus Rydb.
- Rubus menziesii Hook.
- Rubus sirbenus L.H.Bailey
- Rubus spectabilis var. menziesii (Hook.) S.Watson
- Rubus ursinus subsp. vitifolius (Cham. & Schltdl.) Y.Hesl.-Harr.
- Rubus ursinus var. eastwoodianus J.T.Howell
- Rubus ursinus var. glabratus C.Presl
- Rubus ursinus var. medusae S.W.Br.
- Rubus ursinus var. menziesii (Hook.) Focke
- Rubus ursinus var. monophyllus Darrow & Longley
- Rubus ursinus var. pentaphyllus S.W.Br.
- Rubus ursinus var. sirbenus (L.H.Bailey) J.T.Howell
- Rubus ursinus var. typicus S.W.Br.
- Rubus ursinus var. vitifolius (Cham. & Schltdl.) Focke
- Rubus vitifolius Cham. & Schltdl.
- Rubus vitifolius subsp. ursinus (Cham. & Schltdl.) Abrams
- Rubus vitifolius var. eastwoodianus (Rydb.) Munz
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Muriel Michael, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dawn Endico from Menlo Park, California, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Johnny Poppyseed, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lucia Toman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lucia Toman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Rebecca Morrison-Stoney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Leslie Seaton from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: luca oliver-green, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.