Dewberry, Rubus flagellaris, Native Minnesota Wildflower plant, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

(Northern Dewberry) This plant is a very low growing shrub with canes usually less than 8 inches long (but can grow quite lone in the right environment) that can root at the tips. The canes have very small but stout thorns that have a wide base and a bit of a hook. The flower resembles others in the Rubus genus with five white petals and five green sepals. The petals can look wrinkled. Flowers are on stalks in a cluster of up to five. The leaves are divided into 3 doubly toothed leaflets, sometimes 5. The terminal leaflet has a short stalk (petiole). Each full leaf has a long stalk to the stem. The fruit matures from green to red to black at maturity. Besides stem rooting, the plant will reseed itself.

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	Dewberry	Rubus flagellaris Willd.	Rose	Upland	Late Spring to Early Summer
Other names and notes	(Northern Dewberry) This plant is a very low growing shrub with canes usually less than 8 inches long (but can grow quite lone in the right environment) that can root at the tips. The canes have very small but stout thorns that have a wide base and a bit of a hook. The flower resembles others in the Rubus genus with five white petals and five green sepals. The petals can look wrinkled. Flowers are on stalks in a cluster of up to five. The leaves are divided into 3 doubly toothed leaflets, sometimes 5. The terminal leaflet has a short stalk (petiole). Each full leaf has a long stalk to the stem. The fruit matures from green to red to black at maturity. Besides stem rooting, the plant will reseed itself.