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Rubus lasiococcus is a species of wild blackberry known by the common names roughfruit berry and dwarf bramble. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in mountain forests. In the southern half of its range the plant is commonly found in a plant community in the understory of mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) and Shasta red fir (Abies magnifica var. shastensis). Rubus lasiococcus is a tangling, prostrate shrub with very slender stolons spreading along the ground and rooting where their nodes come in contact with moist substrate, forming a mat. Some stems grow erect to bear flowers. The leaves are each deeply divided into three lobes, or compound into three toothed leaflets, borne on a petiole a few centimeters long. The inflorescence is a solitary flower or a pair of flowers with five reflexed sepals and five white petals each just under a centimeter (0. 4 inch) long. The fruit is a densely hairy red aggregate less than a centimeter (<0. 4 inch) wide.

Plant type

Shrub, Vine

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Color

White, Red

Special uses

Groundcover

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Sunset Zones

1, 2, 4*, 5*, 6*, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17

Site type

Open places

Plant communities

Red Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest

Hummingbirds
Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

0 confirmed and 67 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Texas Striped Sweat Bee

Agapostemon texanus

Dark Sword Grass Moth

Agrotis ipsilon

Urban Digger Bee

Anthophora urbana

Coronis Fritillary

Argynnis coronis