Rubus ursinus Cham. & Schltdl.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of the San Gabriel Mountains
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Rosaceae
Rubus ursinus Chamisso & Schlechtendal
[Functionally pistillate plant.]
Lower BROWN'S GULCH: just W of the San Gabriel
Dam. TIN R9W, NE/4 NW/4 section 6; elevation ca.
1520 feet.
Mesic riparian margin in dappled shade of Acer
macrophyllum and Umbellularia californica\ also
associated with Artemisia douglasiana and Ageratina
adenophora.
Rhizomatous, suffrutescent perennial with scandent
and sprawling canes ca 2-4 m in length; this clone with
white ± obovate petals and fruit-bearing; growing amid a
preponderance of functionally staminate clones (petals
white, ± oblong-elliptic and slightly longer), not bearing
fruit.
Timothy S. Ross 6407
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