Rubus parviflorus
Thimbleberry

Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)

Photo taken at Leavenworth Fish Hatchery, shaded wooded area near stream ( 20 to 30 meters away)

Flowers:

2 to 9, loosely cymose; petals white, 15 to 30 mm; greater than 15 pistils

Fruit:

raspberry-like, red, puberulent

Leaves:

alternate; palmately lobed, usually with 5 lobes, more or less cordate, about 5 to 15 cm, finely toothed

Plant:

perennial; stems erect, usually about 0.5 meters tall, woody, spines and prickles lacking. Berries eaten fresh by the Okanagan-Colville, Shuswap, Thompson, Sanpoil and Nespelem.

Habitat:

moist to dry wooded to open areas from near sea level to subalpine

Distribution of species:

Alaska to southern California, from the coast to Greenland, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and to northern Mexico

Distribution of genus:

200 to 700 species: worldwide especially in northern temperate regions and in the Andes