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Rubus odoratus (Purple-flowering Raspberry)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Rubus odoratus (purple-flowered raspberry, flowering raspberry, or Virginia raspberry is a species of Rubus, native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to Ontario and Wisconsin, and south along the Appalachian Mountains as far as Georgia and Alabama.
View Wikipedia Record: Rubus odoratus

Infraspecies

Rubus odoratus f. odoratus
Rubus odoratus f. scopulorum
Rubus odoratus var. columbianus (Purpleflowering raspberry) (Attributes)

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Late Spring
Drought Tolerance [1]  Medium
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [1]  High
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [1]  90 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Summer
Growth Form [1]  Thicket Forming
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Rapid
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Propagation [1]  Bare Root, Container, Seed, Sprig
Root Depth [1]  16 inches (41 cm)
Scent [2]  The glandular hairs on the stems have a powerful resinous scent somewhat like cedarwood;
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Seed Vigor [1]  Low
Seeds Per [1]  492999 / lb (1086878 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Semi-Erect
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit; Plants are very vigorous and can be grown as a tall ground cover for large areas;
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  Moderate
Flower Color [1]  Purple
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Red
Flower Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Fruit Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Height [2]  8.2 feet (2.5 m)
Width [2]  8.2 feet (2.5 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [1]  Mostly Acid
Soil Fertility [1]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  Moderate
Screening - Summer [1]  Dense
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous
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Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0