Rubus parviflorus

Rubus parviflorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Rubus
Subgenus:	Anoplobatus
Species:	R. parviflorus
Binomial name
Rubus parviflorus Nutt. 1818
Synonyms
Synonymy Bossekia nutkana Greene Bossekia parviflora (Nutt.) Greene Rubacer parviflorum (Nutt.) Rydb. Rubus natkanus G.Don Rubus nutkanus Moc. ex Ser. Rubus nutkanus var. nuttallii Torr. & A.Gray Rubus nutkanus var. parviflorus (Nutt.) Focke Rubus parviflorus var. bifarius Fernald Rubus parviflorus var. grandiflorus Farw. Rubus parviflorus var. heteradenius Fernald Rubus parviflorus var. hypomalacus Fernald Rubus parviflorus subsp. velutinus (Hook. & Arn.) R.L.Taylor & MacBryde Rubus velutinus Hook. & Arn. Rubus ribifolius C.K.Schneid.

Thimbleberry (R. parviflorus) is an interesting species of Rubus with large maple-like leaves, and fruit that are deep red when ripe (never becoming purple or black), and easily separate from the base as a thimble-shaped mass of red fruit, hence the name. The flavor is sweet and delicious, and the many seeds don't really detract from this.

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