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Rubus amabilis
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Rubus amabilis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Other taxa in genus
- Rubus adenophorus
- Rubus 'Benenden'
- Rubus biflorus
- Rubus caesius
- Rubus calycinoides
- Rubus chroosepalus
- Rubus cissoides
- Rubus cockburnianus
- Rubus corchorifolius
- Rubus coreanus
- Rubus crataegifolius
- Rubus deliciosus
- Rubus flagelliflorus
- Rubus flosculosus
- Rubus henryi
- Rubus hispidus
- Rubus hupehensis
- Rubus ichangensis
- Rubus idaeus
- Rubus illecebrosus
- Rubus irenaeus
- Rubus koehneanus
- Rubus kuntzeanus
- Rubus laciniatus
- Rubus lambertianus
- Rubus lasiostylus
- Rubus lineatus
- Rubus malifolius
- Rubus mesogaeus
- Rubus nepalensis
- Rubus × nobilis
- Rubus occidentalis
- Rubus odoratus
- Rubus palmatus
- Rubus parkeri
- Rubus parviflorus
- Rubus parvifolius
- Rubus parvus
- Rubus pedunculosus
- Rubus phoenicolasius
- Rubus playfairianus
- Rubus setchuenensis
- Rubus spectabilis
- Rubus subornatus
- Rubus thibetanus
- Rubus trianthus
- Rubus tricolor
- Rubus trifidus
- Rubus ulmifolius
A deciduous shrub up to 6 or 7 ft high; young shoots slightly downy and armed with small prickles. Leaves pinnate, 4 to 8 in. long, composed of seven to eleven leaflets; main-stalk prickly. Leaflets very shortly stalked, ovate, pointed, sharply and doubly toothed, 3⁄4 to 2 in. long, 1⁄2 to 1 in. wide (terminal one larger), usually downy on the veins and armed with a few prickles on the midrib. Flowers white, 11⁄2 to 2 in. wide, solitary at the end of short leafy twigs, petals overlapping. Fruits conical, red, edible, 5⁄8 in. long.
Native of W. China; discovered and introduced by Wilson in 1908. This rubus is distinct in its graceful habit, its handsome, much laciniated leaves, and its large solitary flowers which open in June and July.