Rubus arcticusL.

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WFO wfo-0001017561 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rubus arcticus, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. a Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-11 / obs. 205701185
Rubus arcticus, photographed by Julianne Ourom
fig. b Julianne Ourom, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205867901
Rubus arcticus, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. c Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203221660
Rubus arcticus, photographed by Σ5
fig. d Σ5, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203295523
Rubus arcticus, photographed by Yurii Basov
fig. e Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202711297
Rubus arcticus, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. f Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201493753
Rubus arcticus, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. g Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201186930
Rubus arcticus, photographed by Валерия Ковалева
fig. h Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200706944

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Native range 45 botanical countries

Regions where Rubus arcticus is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Finland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Sweden, Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Labrador, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Saskatchewan, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon AltayAmurBuryatiyaChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskJapanKamchatkaKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMagadanManchuriaMongoliaPrimoryeSakhalinTuvaWest SiberiaYakutiyaCentral European RussiaEast European RussiaFinlandNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwaySwedenAlaskaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaColoradoLabradorMaineMichiganMinnesotaMontanaNewfoundlandNorthwest TerritoriesNunavutOntarioOregonQuébecSaskatchewanWashingtonWyomingYukon Korea
Native distribution of Rubus arcticus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kamchatka KAM
Khabarovsk KHA
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Primorye PRM
Sakhalin SAK
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Yakutiya YAK
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
British Columbia BRC
Colorado COL
Labrador LAB
Maine MAI
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
Montana MNT
Newfoundland NFL
Northwest Territories NWT
Nunavut NUN
Ontario ONT
Oregon ORE
Québec QUE
Saskatchewan SAS
Washington WAS
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
Central European Russia RUC EUROPE
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
Sweden SWE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 25 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cylastis arcticus (L.) Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Cylastis arcticus subsp. acaulis (Michx.) W.A.Weber
  • Manteia acaulis (Michx.) Raf.
  • Manteia stellata (Sm.) Raf.
  • Rubus acaulis Michx.
  • Rubus arcticus f. dentipetala Uyeki & Sakata
  • Rubus arcticus subsp. humilis (Gladkova) Krassovsk.
  • Rubus arcticus subsp. stellarcticus G.Larss.
  • Rubus arcticus subsp. stellatus (Sm.) B.Boivin
  • Rubus arcticus var. acaulis (Michx.) B.Boivin
  • Rubus arcticus var. arcticus
  • Rubus arcticus var. grandiflorus Ledeb.
  • Rubus arcticus var. humilis Gladkova
  • Rubus arcticus var. kamtschaticus Focke
  • Rubus arcticus var. leuciticus Fr.
  • Rubus arcticus var. pentaphylloides Hultén
  • Rubus arcticus var. subquinquelobus Ser.
  • Rubus arcticus var. subquinquetrilobus Brenner
  • Rubus haellstroemii Kuntze
  • Rubus pistillatus Sm.
  • Rubus pseudoarcticus Kuntze
  • Rubus stellarcticus (G.Larss.) H.E.Weber
  • Rubus stellatus Sm.
  • Rubus stellatus var. acutistipulus C.Presl

and 1 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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