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This trailing plant would make good ground cover in moist, forested northern landscape.(Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center)
The University of Wisconsin herbarium maintains that R.pubescens var. pubescens are and R.pubescens var. pilosifolius are not separate varieties but are synonyms.
This plant has no prickles or thorns on the stems; only soft hair. The fruits are smaller than many raspberry varieties.
Edible fruit - raw or cooked. Delicate and delicious. The fruit can be mashed, made into small cakes then dried and stored for later use.
The leaves are astringent and stomachic. A decoction has been to treat the vomiting of blood and blood-spitting.
An infusion of the plant, combined with wild strawberry (Fragaria spp), has been used to treat irregular menstruation.
A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit.
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