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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Rubus spectabilis''
| image = Salmonberry_Blossom.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Salmonberry flower
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Rosoideae]]
| genus = '''''[[Rubus]]'''''
| species = '''''R. spectabilis'''''
| binomial = ''Rubus spectabilis''
| binomial_authority = [[Frederick Traugott Pursh|Pursh]]
}}
'''''Rubus spectabilis''''' ('''Salmonberry''') is a species of ''[[Rubus]]'' native to the west coast of [[North America]] from southern [[Alaska]] south to [[California]].
[[Image:red-salmonberry.jpg|thumb|left|Mature fruit]]
It is an erect [[shrub]] growing to 1–4 m tall, with (unlike many other species in the genus) [[perennial plant|perennial]], not [[biennial plant|biennial]] woody stems. The [[leaf|leaves]] are trifoliate, 7–22 cm long, the terminal leaflet larger than the two side leaflets. The [[flower]]s are 2–3 cm diameter, with five purple [[petal]]s; they are produced from early spring to early summer. The [[fruit]] matures in late summer to early autumn, and resembles a large yellow to orange-red [[raspberry]] 1.5-2 cm long with many [[drupe]]lets.<ref name=pbc>Plants of British Columbia: [http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Rubus+spectabilis ''Rubus spectabilis'']</ref><ref name=jeps>Jepson Flora: [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Rubus+spectabilis ''Rubus spectabilis'']</ref>
Salmonberries are found in moist forests and stream margins especially in the coastal forests. They often form large thickets, and thrive in the open spaces under stands of [[Red Alder]] (''Alnus rubra'').
In Kodiak, Alaska, orange salmonberries are often referred to as "Russian berries".{{Fact|date=August 2007}}
===Cultivation and uses===
Salmonberry is a close relative of the raspberry, sharing the fruit structure with the fruit pulling away from its receptacle similarly. Books often call the fruit "insipid"<ref name=Pojar>Pojar, J., & MacKinnon, A., eds. (1994). ''Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast''. Vancouver, BC: Lone Pine.</ref> but depending on ripeness and site, they can be considered quite good and are used for [[jam]]s, [[candy|candies]], jellies and [[wine]]s by locals.
They were and continue to be an important food for Native American people. It is one of the numerous berries gathered to incorporate into [[pemmican]]. It is said that the name came about because of the First Nations fondness for eating the berries with half-dried salmon roe.
It is widely grown as an [[ornamental plant]] for its flowers. It has escaped cultivation and become [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalized]] in parts of northwestern [[Europe]], including [[Great Britain]], [[Ireland]] and the [[Faroe Islands]].<ref name=fnwe>Flora of NW Europe: [http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=2611 ''Rubus spectabilis'']</ref><ref>Højgaard, A. et al., eds. (1989). ''A century of tree-planting in the Faroe Islands''. Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, Tórshavn.</ref>
== References ==
<references/>
{{Commons|Rubus spectabilis}}
<gallery>
Image:DSC00232.JPG|Salmonberry in hand
Image:Berries.jpg|Colander of Salmonberries
</gallery>
[[Category:Rubus]]
[[Category:Fruit]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]
[[Category:Flora of Oregon]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Rubus spectabilis''
| image = Salmonberry_Blossom.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Salmonberry flower
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Rosoideae]]
| genus = '''''[[Rubus]]'''''
| species = '''''R. spectabilis'''''
| binomial = ''Rubus spectabilis''
| binomial_authority = [[Frederick Traugott Pursh|Pursh]]
}}
'''''Rubus spectabilis''''' ('''Salmonberry''') is a species of ''[[Rubus]]'' native to the west coast of [[North America]] from southern [[Alaska]] south to [[California]].
[[Image:red-salmonberry.jpg|thumb|left|Mature fruit]]
It is an erect [[shrub]] growing to 1–4 m tall, with (unlike many other species in the genus) [[perennial plant|perennial]], not [[biennial plant|biennial]] woody stems. The [[leaf|leaves]] are trifoliate, 7–22 cm long, the terminal leaflet larger than the two side leaflets. The [[flower]]s are 2–3 cm diameter, with five purple [[petal]]s; they are produced from early spring to early summer. The [[fruit]] matures in late summer to early autumn, and resembles a large yellow to orange-red [[raspberry]] 1.5-2 cm long with many [[drupe]]lets.<ref name=pbc>Plants of British Columbia: [http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Rubus+spectabilis ''Rubus spectabilis'']</ref><ref name=jeps>Jepson Flora: [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Rubus+spectabilis ''Rubus spectabilis'']</ref>
Salmonberries are found in moist forests and stream margins especially in the coastal forests. They often form large thickets, and thrive in the open spaces under stands of [[Red Alder]] (''Alnus rubra'').
In Kodiak, Alaska, orange salmonberries are often referred to as "Russian berries".{{Fact|date=August 2007}}
===Cultivation and uses===
Salmonberry is a close relative of the raspberry, sharing the fruit structure with the fruit pulling away from its receptacle similarly. Books often call the fruit "insipid"<ref name=Pojar>Pojar, J., & MacKinnon, A., eds. (1994). ''Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast''. Vancouver, BC: Lone Pine.</ref> but depending on ripeness and site, they can be considered quite good and are used for [[jam]]s, [[candy|candies]], jellies and [[wine]]s by locals.
They were and continue to be an important food for Native American people. It is one of the numerous berries gathered to incorporate into [[pemmican]]. It is said that the name came about because of the First Nations fondness for eating the berries with half-dried salmon roe.
It is widely grown as an [[ornamental plant]] for its flowers. It has escaped cultivation and become [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalized]] in parts of northwestern [[Europe]], including [[Great Britain]], [[Ireland]] and the [[Faroe Islands]].<ref name=fnwe>Flora of NW Europe: [http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=2611 ''Rubus spectabilis'']</ref><ref>Højgaard, A. et al., eds. (1989). ''A century of tree-planting in the Faroe Islands''. Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, Tórshavn.</ref>
== References ==
<references/>
{{Commons|Rubus spectabilis}}
<gallery>
Image:DSC00232.JPG|Salmonberry in hand
Image:Berries.jpg|Colander of Salmonberries
</gallery>
[[Category:Rubus]]
[[Category:Fruit]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]
[[Category:Flora of Oregon]]