Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Rubus nivalis Douglas ex Hook. |
Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 181 (1832) |
Native Range | nw. USA to California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 0-1700m |
Description | leaves evergreen, cordate, sometimes more or less trilobate, dentate, shiny, 3-6cm long, berry red |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink, purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer; layering in early spring and fall |
Synonyms | Cardiobatus nivalis (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |