Common Name: purple-flowering raspberry, thimbleberryScientific Name: Rubus odoratus L.Family Name: Rosaceae - Rose FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed and creeping roots Stemsupright shrub, woody, thornless, gland-tipped hairs Leavesalternate, 5 lobes sometimes 3, bases heart-shaped, irregularly toothed, serrated, resembling a maple leaf Flowers5-petaled, rose-purple to magenta sometimes white, fragrant; terminal clusters, loose and open Fruitberry-like from tightly grouped drupelets, red, flattened dome-shaped, drupelets fall individually