What is Thimbleberry?
{{Speciesbox | name = Thimbleberry | image = Rubus parviflorus 9481.JPG | status = G5 | status_system = TNC | genus = Rubus | subgenus = Anoplobatus | species = parviflorus | authority = [[Thomas Nuttall|Nutt.]] 1818 | synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/rjp-691 The Plant List, ''Rubus parviflorus'' Nutt. ]</ref> | synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true |title=<small>Synonymy</small> |''Bossekia nutkana'' <small>Greene</small> |''Bossekia parviflora'' <small>(Nutt.) Greene</small> |''Rubacer parviflorum'' <small>(Nutt.) Rydb.</small> |''Rubus natkanus'' <small>G.Don</small> |''Rubus nutkanus'' <small>Moc. ex Ser.</small> |''Rubus nutkanus'' var. ''nuttallii'' <small>Torr. & A.Gray</small> |''Rubus nutkanus'' var. ''parviflorus'' <small>(Nutt.) Focke</small> |''Rubus parviflorus'' var. ''bifarius'' <small>Fernald</small> |''Rubus parviflorus'' var. ''grandiflorus'' <small>Farw.</small> |''Rubus parviflorus'' var. ''heteradenius'' <small>Fernald</small> |''Rubus parviflorus'' var. ''hypomalacus'' <small>Fernald</small> |''Rubus parviflorus'' subsp. ''velutinus'' <small>(Hook. & Arn.) R.L.Taylor & MacBryde</small> |''Rubus velutinus'' <small>Hook. & Arn.</small> |''Rubus ribifolius'' <small>C.K.Schneid.</small> |}} }} [[Image:Rubus parviflorus RF.jpg|thumb|left|Thimbleberry plant with flowers]] '''Thimbleberry''' (''Rubus parviflorus'') is a species of [[Rubus]] native to northern [[Temperate climate|temperate]] regions of [[North America]]. The plant has large [[trichome|hairy leaves]] and no [[Thorns, spines, and prickles|thorns]]. It bears edible red fruit similar in appearance to a [[raspberry]], but shorter, almost hemispherical. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Rubus]] {{biology-stub}}