Family: Rosaceae
Rubus loganobaccus
Citation:
L. Bailey, Gentes Herb. 1:155 (1923).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Loganberry.
Description:
Robust long arching stems; leaves large, pinnate, 3-5 leaflets, pilose below, glabrescent above.
Inflorescence of few-flowered leafy terminal and axillary racemes; flowers 2-3 cm diam.; sepals more or less erect; petals white.
Fruits large, purplish-red, adhering to the receptacle.
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Image source: fig 244d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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S.Aust.: EP, NL, SL, KI, SE.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: in early summer, Nov.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
R. idaeus L., Sp. Pl. 492 (1753). Raspberry. Cultivated in cooler, moister parts of the State is not known to be naturalised.
Uses:
The loganberry originated in 1881 in California as a cross between R. idaeus (raspberry) and R. ursinus and is now widely cultivated for its fruit.
Author:
Not yet available
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