Names:   Thimbleberries have a hollow core, like raspberries, making the berries easy to fit on the tip of a finger like a thimble.  Rubus is derived from ruber, a latin word for red.  Although parviflorus means small-flowered, the flowers of this species are among the largest of any Rubus species; it may get its name … Continue reading Thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus