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Scientific name:

Rubus loganobaccus

Vernacular name:

Loganberry


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Loganberry

Scientific name: Rubus loganobaccus L.H. Bailey

Diagnostic features
Stems to several m, arching and finally rooting at tips, with numerous moderate prickles.
Leaves pinnate, with 5 ovate leaflets white-tomentose on lowerside.
Flowers in panicles, white, c.2-3cm across.
Fruit dark purplish-red.

Chromosome number: 2n=49.

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; grown in gardens for fruit and frequently bird-sown or escaped in hedges and waste places.

Distribution
Scattered throughout Britain and Channel Islands; garden origin (Rubus idaeus x Rubus vitifolius Cham. & Schltdl. (Subgenus Rubus)) in 1881.

This species is keyed out on Page 2264 in the Text Key.

Rubus loganobaccus (Loganberry)
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