''Rubus glaucifolius'' is a North American species of wild raspberry known by the common name San Diego raspberry. It is native to

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, where it grows in mountain forests. ''Rubus glaucifolius'' is a tangling shrub with very slender, lightly prickly stem spreading and branching outward. The leaves are each made up of usually three lobed, toothed leaflets, sometimes five. Each leaflet is veined and wrinkly in texture, white on the underside because of a waxy coating along the surface, and up to 5 centimeters (2 inches) long. The

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is a solitary flower or an array of a few flowers with five reflexed

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s and five white petals each about half a centimeter long. The fruit is a lightly hairy red raspberry.Flora of North America, ''Rubus glaucifolius'' Kellogg, 1873. San Diego raspberry
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Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Rubus glaucifolius''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q7376210 glaucifolius Flora of California Flora of Oregon Endemic flora of the United States Plants described in 1873 Taxa named by Edward Lee Greene Taxa named by Albert Kellogg Flora without expected TNC conservation status