Southern Dewberry

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Southern Dewberry

Rubus trivialis

Rosaceae White

The fruits of the dewberry are one of the best wild foods in Texas. Throughout the eastern half of Texas, dewberry is common on roadsides and in woodlands, where it flowers in the spring to produce its succulent fruits in early summer.

Seasonality

Flowering months

March April

Texas distribution

Region map

The highlighted regions reflect the historical distribution data preserved in the original collection.

Coastal Prairie East Texas Edwards Plateau North-Central Texas South Texas

Herbarium sheets

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