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. |