Rubus arcticus

Also known as Arctic raspberry

species of plant

OverviewAI-generated

Rubus arcticus is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae, belonging to the genus Rubus. It is classified within the order Rosales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species is commonly known as arctic blackberry, arctic raspberry, and llwyn mwyar yr Arctig.

The taxon range for Rubus arcticus is listed as China, though records from Canada are held by institutions such as the University of Alberta Museums. The species has a medicinal plant use. According to the IUCN Red List, its conservation status was assessed as Least Concern in 2016.

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Species

Least Concern

Arctic raspberry

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderRosales
FamilyRosaceae

Native toAlaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Chita, Colorado, East European Russia, Finland, Inner Mongolia

Observations8,943

Observations recorded116,152

Herbs dwarf, 10–30 cm tall. Roots creeping, nearly woody. Stems greenish or greenish brown, slender, pilose, unbranched or branched. Leaves compound, 3-foliolate; petiole longer, pilose, petiolule of terminal leaflet to 0.5 cm; lateral leaflets subsessile; stipules free, ovate or oblong, 5–7 × 3–5 mm, herbaceous, pubescent, margin entire, apex acute or obtuse; blade of leaflets rhombic to obovate-rhombic, terminal leaflet 3–5 cm, slightly longer than lateral leaflets, abaxially pilose, adaxially subglabrous, base narrowly cuneate, margin irregularly sharply serrulate or doubly serrate, sometimes shallowly incised, apex acute or obtuse. Inflorescences usually terminal, 1–2 cm in diam., usually 1-flowered, sometimes flowers 1 or 2 in leaf axils, bisexual or incompletely unisexual. Pedicel 2–4 cm, pubescent. Calyx turbinate, abaxially pubescent; tube cupular; sepals 5–10, ovate-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 5–8 × 2–3 mm, apex acuminate. Petals purplish red, broadly obovate, rarely oblong or spatulate, 0.8–1.2 cm × 6–8 mm, base clawed, sometimes apically emarginate. Stamens erect, shorter than petals; filaments linear, inflated basally. Pistils 20, glabrous or pilose abaxially, sh

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 3,400
With media: 2,231
Family: Rosaceae
Collections: UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS
Recorded in: Canada

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Encyclopedic overview

Rubus arcticus, the Arctic bramble or Arctic raspberry, Nagoonberry, or nectarberry is a species of slow-growing bramble belonging to the rose family, found in Arctic and alpine regions in the Northern Hemisphere. It has been used to create hybrid cultivated raspberries, the so-called nectar raspberries.

Description

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