White-stemmed Bramble
Scientific name: Rubus cockburnianus Hemsl.
Diagnostic features Stems to 5m, erect and arching, with few strong prickles, densely covered in white bloom. Leaves pinnate, with 7-11 narrowly elliptic-ovate leaflets grey-pubescent on lowerside. Flowers in panicles, purplish, 1-1.8cm across. Fruit black.
Habitat Introduced-naturalized.
Distribution Grown in gardens for ornamental stems, naturalized rarely in England and Scotland; China.
This species is keyed out on Page 2261 in the Text Key. |