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Aqpik • Cloudberry

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Aqpik • Cloudberry

Aqpik • Cloudberry

The cloudberry grows to 10–25 cm (4–10 in) high. The leaves alternate between having 5 and 7 soft, hand-like lobes on straight, branchless stalks. After pollination, the white (sometimes reddish-tipped) flowers form raspberry-sized aggregate fruits which are more plentiful in wooded rather than sun-exposed habitats. Consisting of between 5 and 25 drupelets, each fruit is initially pale red, ripening into an amber color in early autumn.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_chamaemorus)

Main Photo Credit: Ripe cloudberry by Philipum, 2006. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hjortron.jpg. Licenced with Public Domain.