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Rubus phoenicolasius
Also called Japanese wineberry, Wineberry, Hairy Bramble, Purple Leaf Blackberry, Wine Raspberry, Wineberry
Wine raspberry is a spiny, scrambling Asian bramble grown for its tart, raspberry-like fruit and used in breeding raspberry cultivars. It spreads freely by runners and seed, so it is best grown in a contained space or picked from the wild.
Rubus phoenicolasius (Japanese wineberry, wine raspberry, wineberry or dewberry) is an Asian species of raspberry (Rubus subgenus Idaeobatus) in the rose family.
The species was introduced to Europe and North America as an ornamental plant and for its potential in breeding hybrid raspberries. It has subsequently escaped from cultivation and become naturalized in parts of Europe and North America.
The species is native to eastern Asia (China, Japan, and Korea) and was introduced to Europe and North America as an ornamental plant and for its potential in breeding hybrid raspberries. It subsequently escaped from cultivation and became naturalized in parts of Europe and North America. Wineberries can be found in many habitats, such as forest, fields, stream banks, and wetland edges, as well as open woods.
Wineberries grow in the wild in many parts of the United States, primarily the Appalachian Mountains. They are common along the edges of fields and roadsides, and still are used as breeding stock for raspberry cultivars. They are edible, with no poisonous look-a-likes in North America. Other plants that may be mistaken as wineberries include red raspberry, salmonberry, black raspberry, and blackberry, all of which are edible. Sweet and tart with a raspberry-like flavor, wineberries can be eaten raw, or used similarly to raspberries to make pastries, such as pie or other sweet treats.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rubus phoenicolasius by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
