Flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus)

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Common in the Mountain region of North Carolina, this is one of our easiest to recognize Rubus species, with large palmately lobed leaves and colorful petals.

Haywood Co., NC 5/10/08.

	This is our only representative of the subgenus Anoplobatus (flowering raspberries). Buncombe Co., NC 7/8/06.
	The showy flowers are deep pinkish-purple. Buncombe Co., NC 7/8/06.
	Flower detail. The edible fruits are shaped like flattened thimbles. Buncombe Co., NC 7/8/06.
	Bark detail. On older stems, the bark peels (exfoliates). Buncombe Co., NC 7/8/06.

Haywood Co., NC 5/10/08.

Exfoliating bark.

Haywood Co., NC 5/10/08.

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