Ida in Crete where Jupiter was hidden as an infant. This may make their identification a little more difficult if you're only familiar with cultivated raspberry plants and their fruit. Special Features and Information. The wild raspberry ... woodland edges, old gravel pits or open fields are common habitat. Botanical Name: Rubus idaeus.. Other Common Names: Red raspberry, European red raspberry, wild raspberry, hallon (Swedish), hindbær (Danish), Himbeere (German), framboise (French).. Habitat: The plant is endemic to Europe and temperate parts of Asia, and has been naturalized in North America.. General Information ʻĀkala (Rubus hawaiensis), and its rarer cousin R. macraei on East Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, belong to the Rose family (Rosaceae) with nearly 3,000 species.The two other native members are the endemic Hawaiian strawberry or ʻōhelo papa (Fragaria chiloensis subsp. Also similar is the related Arctic Raspberry ( Rubus arcticus ), which has consistently pink to purplish flowers up to 1 inch … Much larger than the Dwarf Raspberry. The fruit of the Wild Red Raspberry is delicious fresh or in various jams or jellies. As well, a mild tea can be brewed from the leaves. There are different varieties of raspberries available to the home gardener - red, purple, gold and black. Habitat. Thickets, clearings and open woods; widespread across the western boreal regions; circumpolar. Return to Top of Page Wild raspberry plants are very different from their cultivated counterparts. Each drupelet contains one seed, and an average raspberry has 100 to 120 seeds. Idaeus is derived from Mt. A raspberry is made up of many tiny bead-like fruits called "drupelets" clustered around a core. A "Raspberry" is a fruit. Vegetative clumps might be mistaken for Wild Strawberry (Fragaria species), though raspberry leaves are more sharply pointed with double teeth. Notes. 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