HI 39 



THIMBLEBERRY 



Ru'bus parviflo'rus, syns. R. nutka'nus, Bosse'kia nutka'na, B. parvifto'ra, 

 Ruba'cer parvifio'rum 



Flowers white, showy, about 1 to 2 

 in. across, in few-flowered end clusters 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 5, some- 

 what united at base, broadly egg- 

 shaped with long taper-pointed tips, 

 densely glandular-hairy, persistent 



Stamens numerous 



Pctals^-5, elliptic to broadly egg- 

 shaped 



"Berry" (aggregated drupelets) red, 

 fiattened-hemispherical, about X to 1 

 in. broad, juicy 



Leaves alternate, long-stalked, sim- 



Ele, large (about 3 to 12 in. broad), 

 eart-shaped at base, with 3 to 5 

 triangular, pointed lobes, unevenly 

 saw-toothed around edges, practically 

 hairless to soft-hairy 



Stems erect or ascending, woody, usu- 

 ally up to about 3 (sometimes 8) ft. 

 high; bark brownish, becoming shreddy ; 

 twigs glandular-hairy 



Thimbleberry, also known as whiteflowering raspberry and some- 

 times erroneously called salmonberry, is a perennial shrub of the 

 rose family (Kosaceae). It belongs to the group of plants in the 

 blackberry-raspberry genus which have simple but usually lobed 

 leaves, unarmed stems, and flattened fruiting-disks (receptacles), in 

 contrast to the typical Rwbus group which has usually compound 

 leaves, prickly stems, and convex fruiting-disks. As a result of the 



