Wild Raspberry

Wild Raspberry

(Rubus spp.)

Rosaceae (Rose Family)

▲ ▼ young leaves

▲ ▼ mature plants, showing whitish-waxy stems

Wild raspberries: (not in Weeds of the Great Plains; not in Weeds of the Northeat)

  • can be problems similar to wild blackberries, but usually not as much as some of the blackberry species; can be distinguished from wild blackberries in that they usually have whitish-waxy coating on stems and sometimes only 3 leaflets per leaf

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