Rubus lasiococcus

Roughfruit raspberry

Family: Rosaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Roughfruit raspberry is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges and northern North Coast Ranges in moist, open forests at elevations of 1,100 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces white flowers 8 to 10 millimeters long with delicate obovate petals. Growing as a low, prostrate plant with slender stems that root at the nodes, it forms delicate ground-covering patches. Its leaves are distinctive, featuring three leaflets that are round to kidney-shaped, with the terminal leaflet generally obovate and having a rounded or acute tip, covered in fine hairs. The fruit develops as a bright red raspberry-type cluster, with individual fruits falling separately or as a loose unit.

Habitat: Moist, open forest

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 1100-2000 m

Bioregions: KR, n NCoRH

California counties: Siskiyou, Humboldt, Trinity, Del Norte, Placer

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