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.
Genus
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.