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SALMONBERRY 



Hu bus specta'bilis 



Flowers reddish purple or rose, mostly 

 solitary, 1 to 1% in. broad, showy 



Petals 5, egg-shaped to elliptic, 

 pointed at tip, % to 1 in. long; stamens 

 numerous 



"Berry" (aggregated drupelets sal- 

 mon-colored, yellow, or red, large (up 

 to 1 in. long and % in. broad), smooth, 

 watery 



Leaves alternate, compound, usually 

 with 3 (sometimes 5) leaflets 



Leaflets egg-shaped, usually taper- 

 pointed, sometimes lobed, coarsely and 

 irregularly doubled-toothed, thin, hair- 

 less except on veins beneath; end 

 leaflet 1 to 4 in. long; side leaflets 

 lop-sided, shorter 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 5, united 

 at base, broadly egg-shaped, taper- 

 pointed, slightly hairy, shorter than 

 the petals 



Stems woody, erect or ascending, 3 to 

 15 ft. high, often armed with weak, 

 short, straight prickles; young twigs 

 often unarmed; bark brownish yellow, 



Salmonberry, so called because of its large, juicy, typically salmon-colored 

 fruit, is an attractive, erect, vigorous-growing shrub, belonging to the same 

 genus as the raspberries and blackberries. The showiness of the distinctive 

 reddish-purple or rose-colored flowers is alluded to by the Latin specific name 

 spectabilis, which comes from the same root word as spectacle and spectacular. 

 Salmonberry is a northwestern and Pacific species, being distributed from 

 Alaska to western Montana, northern Idaho and northern California. It is 



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