Meehan (1898: 26) reports this as Rubus nutkanus Moç. ex Ser. in DC. (Prodr. 2: 566. 1825) var. velutinus (Hook. & Arn.) Brewer (Bot. Calif. 1: 172. 1876), a related plant restricted to coastal California and now known as R. parviflorus var. velutinus (Hook. & Arn.) Greene (in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 14. 1890). The specimen was gathered on 15 Apr 1806 at The Dalles in Wasco Co., Oregon. A note on the label indicates this is a "shrub of which the natives eat the yung sprout without kooking." On 8 Apr, apparently near the Cascades of the Columbia in Hood River Co., Oregon (Moulton, 1991: 89), Lewis encountered both this species and the next (see No. 172; Moulton, 1991: 96), and worked out the technical differences between them (p. 94). It is possible the specimens of R. parviflorus and R. spectabilis were collected at this time rather than on 15 Apr as noted on the labels. The plants occur in both locations. (The Lewis & Clark Herbarium Digital Imagery Study Set, ANSP, 2002) On deposit at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Collected by:Meriwether Lewis & William Clark Collection date:04/15/1806