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

Rubus arcticus

Vernacular name:

Bramble, Arctic


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Arctic Bramble

Scientific name: Rubus arcticus L.

Diagnostic features
Stems to 30cm, erect, annual, ± glabrous.
Rhizomes present.
Leaves mostly ternate, with ovate to obovate leaflets.
Flowers 1-3, terminal, pink, 15-25mm across.
Fruit dark red, of numerous drupes.

Chromosome number: (2n=14).

Habitat
Probably native.

Distribution
Several records from highlands of Scotland, the last in 1841; extinct.

This species is keyed out on Page 2260 in the Text Key.

Rubus arcticus (Bramble, Arctic)
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