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Photographer: Joshua A. Horky
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Family Rosaceae
Rubus arcticus L. subsp. acaulis (Michx.) Focke
arctic raspberry, dwarf raspberry
Rubus: Latin name for "bramble" or "blackberry"
arcticus: of the arctic
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial, 2"-10" tall forb |
| Flower: | pink, 3/4"-1 1/4" wide, sepals triangular; solitary, stalked |
| Fruit: | roundish, 1/3" thick berry |
| Leaf: | 2-3, 3-parted with the end leaflet short stalked, broadly obovate, deeply toothed; side leaflets similar but asymmetrical |
| Habitat: | cold bogs and wet meadows |
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