Rubus phoenicolasius

Common Name: 
wine raspberry wineberry
Scientific Name: 
Rubus phoenicolasius Maxim.
Family Name: 
Rosaceae - Rose Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
introduced perennial, reproducing by seed and rooting canes
Stems
upright and arching, densely haired with scattered prickles, hairs reddish-purple and glandular, green become red with maturity, arching canes root at tip
Growth Habit of Wineberry
Growth Habit of Wineberry
Growth Habit of Wineberry
Growth Habit of Wineberry
Leaves
alternate, palmately compound with three leaflets, leaflets broadly oval, pointed tips, rounded base, terminal leaflet large than side leaflets and stalked, margins serrated, petioles with reddish-purple hair and scattered spines, pubescent above and whit
Leaves of Wineberry
Leaves of Wineberry
Flowers
5-petaled, white, small, petals shorter than sepals, sepals hairy; panicle
Fruit
berry, red to orange red, glossy, cluster of druplets, sometimes with hairs, oil and sticky when picked
Fruit of Wineberry
Fruit of Wineberry
Fruit of Wineberry
Fruit of Wineberry