Rubus glaucifolius

Waxleaf raspberry, Waxleaf Raspberry

Family: Rosaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 3.1

Waxleaf raspberry is a California native shrub found in northwestern California, the Sierra Nevada, and the Peninsular Ranges in forest openings at elevations of 800 to 2,100 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces white flowers 4 to 8 millimeters long in small terminal or axillary clusters. Growing with prostrate to decumbent stems 2 to 3 millimeters in diameter, it has few weak, slender prickles and a glaucous appearance. Its compound leaves have three leaflets, with terminal leaflets ovate to elliptic, coarse-toothed, and densely white-tomentose on the underside. The fruit develops as a red-purple raspberry-type cluster with white-hairy ovaries.

Habitat: Openings in forest

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: 800-2100 m

Bioregions: NW, SN, PR

California counties: Mariposa, Siskiyou, Fresno, Kern, Placer, Lake, Mendocino, Tulare, El Dorado, Sierra, Butte, Nevada, Plumas, Trinity, Tuolumne, Glenn, Madera, Calaveras, San Diego

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.