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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Rubus chamaemorus (also known as cloudberry) is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae.
A herbaceous perennial, it produces amber-colored, edible fruit similar in structure to the blackberry. It is native to cool temperate regions, alpine and Arctic tundra, and boreal forest. It is not cultivated commercially.
It has numerous common names varying by region, such as Nordic berry, Arctic berry, baked apple, knotberry, aqpik or lowbush salmonberry.