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FamilyROSACEAE
Genus speciesRubus chamaemorus L. 
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 494 (1753)
Native RangeSubarctic and Temperate Northern Hemisphere
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatbogs, marshes
Descriptionleaves petiolate, simple, reniform, 5-7-lobate, flowers terminal, solitary, berry orange
Size5-20cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca-
Typeperennial
Cultivationvery moist to boggy, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed when ripe or as soon as possible
cuttings in late summer; layering in early spring and fall
SynonymsChamaemorus anglicus Clus. ex Greene
Chamaemorus chamaemorus (L.) House
Chamaemorus norvegicus Greene
Morus norwegica Tillandz ex Steud.
Rubus chamaemorus var. pseudochamaemorus (Tolm.) Hultén
Rubus horridulus Hook.f.
Rubus nubis S.F.Gray
Rubus parapungens H.Hara
Rubus pseudochamaemorus Tolm.
Rubus pungens var. horridulus H.Hara
Rubus ribis-folius Gilib.
Rubus yessoicus Kuntze
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden)
     11 Middle Europe (CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland)
     14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin)
     36 China (CHM Manchuria)
     38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec)
     74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York)
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