Authors: C. Stace, R. van der Meijden (ed.) & I. de Kort (ed.)
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Scientific name:

Rubus tricolor

Vernacular name:

Bramble, Chinese


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Chinese Bramble

Scientific name: Rubus tricolor Focke

Diagnostic features
Stems to several m, trailing, rooting at tips, with dense brownish bristles.
Leaves simple, ovate, pinnately 3-5-lobed.
Flowers in racemes, 20-25mm across, white.
Fruit red, but plant often not flowering.

Chromosome number: (2n=28).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; grown as ground-cover but spreading and naturalized in hedges and shrubberies.

Distribution
Very scattered in England; China.

This species is keyed out on Page 2257 in the Text Key.

Rubus tricolor (Bramble, Chinese)
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