Rubus chroosepalus
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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Rubus chroosepalus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Other taxa in genus
- Rubus adenophorus
- Rubus amabilis
- Rubus biflorus
- Rubus caesius
- Rubus calycinoides
- 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 large, semi-evergreen, straggling shrub, with round, slender, glabrous stems armed with short, decurved prickles. Leaves simple, heart-shaped, with a long tapering apex, 3 to 7 in. long, more than half as wide, the margins very finely and sharply toothed, and often scalloped into a few broad, very shallow lobes, of firm texture, glabrous above, but conspicuously silvery beneath with a close felt; stalks glabrous, 1 to 21⁄2 in. long, with one or two spines. Flowers borne in a terminal panicle, 6 to 9 in. long, each flower 1⁄2 in. across with no petals, but a coloured, downy calyx. Fruits black, small, and of poor flavour.
Native of Central China; originally discovered by Henry; introduced to cultivation by Wilson about 1900. Its leaves bear a striking resemblance to those of Tilia tomentosa. A remarkably distinct as well as rather handsome and effective shrub.