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Arctic Bramble

Arctic Bramble

Rubus arcticus

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How common: Very common

Arctic Bramble is a low northern relative of raspberries with showy rose-red flowers and highly aromatic berries. You can spot it in damp meadows, riverbanks and light wet woods across the cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

Did you know?

  • Its fragrant berries are highly prized in the North.
  • It forms natural hybrids with stone bramble, and garden hybrids also exist with raspberry.

About the species

Identification

A low perennial, usually 10–25 cm tall, with upright smooth stems. Leaves stand on long smooth stalks; each leaf is divided into three toothed parts and can flush reddish in strong sun. Flowers are usually 1–2 per stem, on long stalks, with 6–9 rose-red petals and about 1.5–2.5 cm across. The fruit is a red to deep wine-red raspberry-like cluster of many small juicy pieces. Without flowers it can resemble stone bramble, which has white flowers and later only a few larger shiny red berries. Flowers in Finland from June to August.

Plant group

Herbaceous plants

Habitat

meadow

Flowering

Jun–Aug

About the habitat

Favors moist, cool places: wet meadows, field edges, fens, riverbanks, and floodplain groves and forests. Common throughout the country.

Sources

Photo: uusijani, CC0 1.0 https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/6352777514

Text: Pinkka: Laaja maatalouslajintuntemus 4 op - Koppisiemeniset, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.38799

Text: Pinkka: BIO-516 Hyötykasvit - Kotimaan villivihanneksia ja marjoja, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.38799

Text: Wikipedia (Finnish), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesimarja

See also