dwarf raspberry, Rubus pubescens
Is dwarf raspberry a raspberry? The fruit is bright red and tart. But the fruit is firmly fastened to the receptacle. You can't pull it off and get that nice clean thimble effect. It's more like a blackberry, where it clings to the receptacle and you just have to eat the whole thing. Some people just avoid the question and call these dewberries. Dewberries are generally low growing as this plant is, but other dewberries have dark fruit and features of blackberries. I'll settle for dwarf raspberry, and look for them in low spots in conifer or oak woods. I keep watching for a perfect flower, but these specialize in irregular, often droopy petals. Another variation! Nature's endless theme. Dwarf whatever-it-is grows in AK, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY, all provinces, and on SPM. Lenawee Co MI, 5/19/14. Rose family, Rosaceae.
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Hi Denise
Just thinking it's almost time to come look for Platanthera flava. Bob
Hi Bob:
I found it on Eber Rd, about 1.5 mi S. of Kitty Todd Preserve 1/4 mi from Metroparks land. I’m guessing it came in on the RR. (NwOhio)
Apparently so, but not on all plants. The brown only shows a little in this image.
Regarding umber pussytoes, one reference calls it brown-brackted pussytoes. Are it's bracts browner than other pussytoes?