Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus (Rubus nutkanus in Oregon)
Synonyms: Bossekia parviflora, Rubacer parviflorum, Rubus nutkanus, Rubus nutkanus f. lacera, Rubus nutkanus var. nuttallii, Rubus nutkanus var. parviflorus, Rubus nutkanus var. scopulorum, Rubus parviflorus f. nuttallii, Rubus parviflorus var. bifarius, Rubus parviflorus var. fraserianus, Rubus parviflorus var. grandiflorus, Rubus parviflorus var. heteradenius, Rubus parviflorus var. hypomalacus, Rubus parviflorus var. parviflorus, Rubus parviflorus var. parvifolius, Rubus parviflorus var. scopulorum, Rubus parviflorus var. velutinus, Rubus velutinus
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The photo at left shows a close-up of the inflorescence
of thimbleberry, with the large, crinkled and white petals and smaller, spreading
sepals with their long, narrow tips. Photographed along the road that runs along
the northern edge of the ridge that divides the Dairy and Cougar Creek drainages........June
11, 2005. The photo at right shows the leaves and mature fruits of thimbleberry as seen along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 uphill to the southwest of Rock Creek Pass, Yacolt Burn State Forest.....August 7, 2021.
Ripe fruits of thimbleberry observed along the Toutle Trail #238 about one mile or so above Blue Lake, Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument.......August 14, 2024.
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The photo at left shows a close-up of the palmately
compound leaf of thimbleberry as seen on Mt. Adams........May 2005. Thimbleberry
as photographed at right along the Chinook Trail #808B on the western slopes of Silver Star Mountain, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.........June 31,
2016.
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The photo above shows thimbleberry as photographed along the
road that runs along the northern edge of the ridge that divides the Dairy and
Cougar Creek drainages........June 11, 2005.
The photo above shows a close-up of the scarlet fruit of thimbleberry
as seen along Road #23 at the Mt. Adams viewpoint about one-half mile south
of Road 8810..........August 6, 2005.
Paul Slichter