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Rubus setosus

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ17249895 ↗
Source-derived summary

Rubus setosus, sometimes called small bristleberry, is a North American species of bramble.

Description

The species is a prickly shrub up to 150 centimetres (5 feet) tall. The leaves are palmately compound with 3 or 5 leaflets. The flowers are white. The fruit are black and nearly spherical.

Distribution and habitat

The species is native to the northeastern United States and adjacent areas of Canada.

References

External links

"Rubus nigricans". Plants for a Future.

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Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 74-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Rubus, setosus and species can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Rubus setosus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.