Plant
              
                - Shrub-like perennial
 
                - Biennial canes
 
              
            
          
         
        
          
            
            
              Twig
              
                - Alternate leaf arrangement
 
                - Upright or arching
 
                - Biennial canes with foliage (first year), flowers and fruit (second year)
 
                - Thorns
 
              
            
          
         
        
          
            
            
              Leaf
              
                - Compound leaves with 3-5 leaflets
 
                - Leaflets toothed
 
                - Silvery underside
 
              
            
          
         
        
          
            
            
              Flower
              
            
          
         
        
          
            
            
              Fruit
              
                - ½-1" long aggregate of drupelets
 
                - Red, yellow, dark purple, black
 
                - Fruit stem separates from raspberry when harvested