Publication: Comp. Fl. Germ. 1: 684. 1825.

Origin: Introduced from Europe

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Notes: FNA9"Rubus vestitus can be distinguished, especially from the closely related R. bifrons and R. ulmifolius, by its possession of long-stipitate-glandular trichomes, particularly in the inflorescence, and terminal primocane leaflets that are typically suborbiculate and abaxially densely tomentose. Rubus allegheniensis can possess similar glandular trichomes, but it does not have pink petals, inflorescences of cymes, and rounded and abaxially densely tomentose, often whitened terminal leaflets.

Rubus vestitus is also reported from Washington state, although specimens we have examined from there identified as this species are actually R. bifrons. Because of the overall general similarity of R. vestitus to R. bifrons, we suspect that this potentially weedy species is widespread, but rare and possibly overlooked, from British Columbia south to California.
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Last updated 12/26/2020 by David Giblin.