Rubus nemoralisP.J.Müll.

Cutleaf Blackberry

WFO wfo-0001012948 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Rubus nemoralis, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. a Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-02 / obs. 195257722
Rubus nemoralis, photographed by Michel Langeveld
fig. b Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204462165
Rubus nemoralis, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. c Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193104765
Rubus nemoralis, photographed by Logan J.L. Bradley
fig. d Logan J.L. Bradley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195192431
Rubus nemoralis, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. e Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192735773
Rubus nemoralis, photographed by Christina Moresi
fig. f Christina Moresi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192531908
Rubus nemoralis, photographed by Joe Dillon
fig. g Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191268502
Rubus nemoralis, photographed by Julia Carr
fig. h Julia Carr, CC0 1.0 / obs. 183303415

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Flowering n = 315 observations

Peak flowering in Jun, from 315 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 31 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.

  • Rubus argyriophyllus (Ranke) G.H.Loos
  • Rubus fruticosus var. glabratus (Weihe & Nees) Bréb.
  • Rubus laciniatus Willd.
  • Rubus laciniatus f. elegans (Bean) Rehder
  • Rubus laciniatus subsp. selmeri (Lindeb.) A.Beek
  • Rubus laciniatus var. elegans Bean
  • Rubus nemoralis f. argyriophyllus (Ranke) H.E.Weber
  • Rubus nemoralis f. laciniatus A.Beek
  • Rubus nemoralis f. microphyllus (Lindeb.) H.E.Weber
  • Rubus nemoralis subsp. microphyllus (Lindeb.) H.E.Weber
  • Rubus nemoralis var. alienus (Murb.) A.Pedersen
  • Rubus nemoralis var. argyriophyllus (Ranke) H.E.Weber
  • Rubus nemoralis var. microphyllus (Lindeb.) W.R.C.Watson
  • Rubus pistoris W.C.Barton & Ridd.
  • Rubus selmeri Lindeb.
  • Rubus selmeri var. argyriophyllus (Ranke) H.E.Weber
  • Rubus selmeri var. microphyllus Lindeb.
  • Rubus villicaulis f. rhamnifolioides Sprib.
  • Rubus villicaulis f. selmeri (Lindeb.) Ranke
  • Rubus villicaulis subsp. selmeri (Lindeb.) W.M.Rogers
  • Rubus villicaulis subsp. selmeri (Lindeb.) Rogers
  • Rubus villicaulis var. alienus Murb.
  • Rubus villicaulis var. argyriophyllus Ranke
  • Rubus villicaulis var. rhamnifolioides (Sprib.) Sprib.

and 7 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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.