Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Salmonberry

Rubus spectabilis - Locally common, early to midspring, perennial, 3-15 ft. Erect shrub often growing in thickets, strongly bristly below, with few to many weak thorns above. Stems round, yellowish or brownish, bark shredding. Leaves divided into 3 or sometimes 5 distinct, sharply toothed leaflets. Fruit yellow, salmon, or reddish, mushy in texture, edible but not flavorful. Grows along coastal streams, in deep moist woods, burns and clearings, banks of Columbia River, to 5000 ft. First collected by Meriwether Lewis on the banks of the Columbia in 1806.