Rubus flosculosus
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Rubus flosculosus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Other taxa in genus
- Rubus adenophorus
- Rubus amabilis
- Rubus biflorus
- Rubus caesius
- Rubus calycinoides
- Rubus chroosepalus
- Rubus cissoides
- Rubus cockburnianus
- Rubus corchorifolius
- Rubus coreanus
- Rubus crataegifolius
- Rubus deliciosus
- Rubus flagelliflorus
- 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 10 or 12 ft high, the stout stems erect, arching at the much-branched top, biennial, glabrous except for a few spines. Leaves pinnate, 4 to 7 in. long, composed of five or seven leaflets which are ovate, 3⁄4 to 11⁄2 in. long, the terminal one larger, often three-lobed, and 3 in. long, glabrous above or becoming so, covered beneath with a close white felt; coarsely, often doubly toothed. Flowers small, pink, 1⁄4 in. wide produced in narrow, cylindrical racemes 2 to 4 in. long, terminating the shoot, and in shorter ones from the axils of the terminal leaves. Fruits small, very dark red, or black.
Native of Central and W. China; introduced by Wilson in 1907. A very vigorous, pinnate-leaved bramble, allied to R. cockburnianus, but with dark purplish brown stems.