Thimbleberry
Rubus nutkanus
Synonyms: Bossekia parviflora, Rubacer parviflorum, 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
The photo above 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 above shows a close-up of the palmately
compound leaf of thimbleberry as seen on Mt. Adams........May 2005.
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.
The photo above shows the flowers and leaves of 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.
Paul Slichter