Rubus chamaemorus
| Rubus chamaemorus | |
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| Ripe cloudberry | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rubus |
| Subgenus: | Rubus subg. Chamaemorus |
| Species: | R. chamaemorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rubus chamaemorus L. 1753 not Fisch. ex Ser. 1825
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| Distribution of Rubus chamaemorus | |
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Synonymy
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Rubus chamaemorus is a species of flowering plant in the rose family. Its English common names include cloudberry,[2] Nordic berry, bakeapple (in Newfoundland and Labrador), knotberry and knoutberry (in England), aqpik or low-bush salmonberry (in Alaska – not to be confused with salmonberry, Rubus spectabilis),[3] averin or evron (in Scotland),[4][5] and chicoutai amongst English speakers in Quebec.
A herbaceous perennial, it produces amber-colored, edible fruit similar to the blackberry. It is native to cool temperate regions, alpine and Arctic tundra, and boreal forest.
- ^ Maiz-Tome, L. (2016). "Rubus chamaemorus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T64323876A67730717. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64323876A67730717.en. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ University of Alaska @ Fairbanks, Cooperative Extension Service, Cloudberrries
- ^ "Cloudberry". FooDB. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ Rapp, Kåre. "About the Cloudberry". Joint Global Ocean Flux Study. Retrieved 23 October 2022.