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Annual to tree
Leaves simple to pinnately to palmately compound, generally alternate; stipules free to fused, persistent to deciduous
Inflorescence: cyme, raceme, panicle, or flowers solitary
Flower generally bisexual, radial; hypanthium free or fused to ovary, saucer- to funnel-shaped, often with bractlets alternate with sepals; sepals generally 5; petals generally 5, free; stamens (0)5many, pistils (0)1many, simple or compound; ovary superior to inferior, styles 15
Fruit: achene, follicle, drupe, pome, or blackberry- to raspberry-like
Seeds generally 15
Genera in family: 110 genera, ± 3000 species: worldwide, especially temp. Many cultivated for ornamental and fruit, especially Cotoneaster , Fragaria , Malus , Prunus , Pyracantha, Rosa , and Rubus
Reference: [Robertson 1974 J Arnold Arbor 55:303332,344401,611662]
Family description, key to genera by Barbara Ertter and Dieter H. Wilken.
Perennial to shrub, often bramble-forming, often prickly, prostrate or clambering to erect
Leaves generally palmately lobed to compound; leaflets often stalked, toothed
Inflorescence various
Flower: hypanthium shallow; bractlets 0; sepals 5, generally reflexed, tips generally linear; petals 5; stamens generally > 20; pistils fewmany, ovaries superior, jointed to slender to club-shaped styles
Fruit: aggregate of sweet, fleshy-coated achenes (drupelets) that generally separate jointly from receptacle (raspberry-like) or separate jointly with part of fleshy receptacle (blackberry-like)
Species in genus: 200700 species: worldwide, especially n temp, Andes
Etymology: (Latin: ancient name for bramble)
Coastal forms often have smaller, hairier, rounder leaves; hybrids and other escapes from cultivated expected.
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Plant erect, woody
Stem 315 mm diam, round; prickles 0
Leaf simple; stipules lanceolate; petiole ± 212 cm; blade ± 515 cm, ± cordate, ± 5-lobed < 1/2 to base, finely toothed, green below
Inflorescence: ± cyme, few-flowered, densely glandular
Flower: sepal tips 26(20) mm; petals 1530 mm, elliptic-ovate, generally white (pink); pistils > 15
Fruit raspberry-like, ± hemispheric, red, puberulent
Ecology: Generally moist shade
Elevation: < 2500 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province (except Great Central Valley), Modoc Plateau
Distribution outside California: to Alaska, e Canada, New Mexico
Hairier coastal plants have been called var. velutinus (Hook. & Arn.) Greene
Horticultural information: 4, 5, 6, 17 &IRR: 1, 2, 7, 14, 15, 16, 18; CVS; may be INV.