Oregon raspberry
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Oregon raspberry ( Rubus leucodermis ) |
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The Oregon raspberry ( Rubus leucodermis ), also known as the white raspberry , is a species of the Rubus genus . The English name Blue Raspberry is often used in marketing . This species must not be confused with the black raspberry .
description
The Oregon raspberry reaches a height of up to 2.5 meters. The shoots of the plant have a silver-white bark . The shoots and leaves are covered with hook-shaped spines . The white-flowering plant forms its panicle-shaped inflorescences from the individual shoots between May (Mexico) and July (Canada) . Each flower has five sepals and petals and over twenty stamens and carpels. The bottom of the flower is strongly arched. The dark blue to black, tasty collective fruits develop from this .
distribution
The plant is native to western North America ; its distribution area extends from British Columbia in Canada south to California and a little further into Mexico , in an easterly direction the distribution area extends to Montana , Utah and Nevada . In Europe , the Oregon raspberry is occasionally sold for gardens.
Systematics
In addition to the nominate form, there are the following varieties:
- Rubus leucodermis var. Bernardinus (Greene) Jeps.
- Rubus leucodermis var. Trinitatis A. Berger
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In addition to being a food, the edible fruits are known to some tribes of the North American indigenous population as a remedy for diarrhea , flu and cuts.
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on the species in the Electronic Atlas for the Plants of British Columbia
- ↑ Entry for distribution on the website of the " United States Department of Agriculture "
- ↑ Entry on the system on the website of the " United States Department of Agriculture "
- ↑ Entry on species in Native American Ethnobotany - A Database of Foods, Drugs, Dyes and Fibers of Native American Peoples, Derived from Plants.
