Salmonberry

Description:

Branching to 4m tall, from branching rhizomes, often forming dense thickets; twigs zigzag, hairless, with scattered prickles, bark golden-brown. Leaves are alternate, deciduous, usually with 3 leaflets, dark-green, sharply toothed. Flowers are pink to red to reddish-purple (an unusual colour, perhaps closest to magenta), large (about 4cm) 1-2 or occasionally up to 4, on short branches. Fruits are yellow or reddish, mushy raspberries, edible but reviews range on flavour.

Habitat:

Moist to wet places (forests, disturbed sites) often abundant along stream edges, avalanche tracks and in wet logged areas; at low to subalpine elevations.