Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Evergreen Blackberry

Rubus laciniatus - Common, late spring-early summer, perennial, to 30 ft. Stout, sprawling to arching bramble. Stems 5-angled, with strong recurved thorns. Leaves evergreen, divided palmately, 3-5 leaflets. Leaflets deeply lobed with each lobe sharply toothed and pointed, underside hairy and green. Flowers more than 1 in., often more than 10 per cluster. Petals 5, oval, pink or white. Blackberries oval, black, shiny, delicious. Weedy and invasive in moist disturbed places at low to mid elevation. Nonnative.