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Rubus ichangensis Hemsl. & Kuntze

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Rubus ichangensis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rubus/rubus-ichangensis/). Accessed 2026-05-18.

Family

  • Rosaceae

Genus

Glossary

glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
glandular
Bearing glands.
panicle
A much-branched inflorescence. paniculate Having the form of a panicle.
sinus
Recess between two lobes or teeth on leaf margin.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Rubus ichangensis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rubus/rubus-ichangensis/). Accessed 2026-05-18.

Rubus ichangensis

Rubus ichangensis is a good ground cover plant, but also sumptuous when planted to overhang a wall or container. Iturraran Botanical Garden, Spain. 06 July 2016. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

A deciduous shrub, with long, slender stems armed with small hooked spines, and furnished with numerous dark, glandular bristles. Leaves narrowly ovatecordate (often with angular lobes towards the base), the sinus open and rounded, 31⁄2 to 7 in. long, 1 to 21⁄2 in. wide, glabrous on both surfaces, margins sparsely toothed. Flowers white, 1⁄4 in. wide, produced in an elongated terminal panicle, supplemented below by short racemes in the axils of the uppermost leaves, the whole measuring 8 to 12 in. or even more in length; flower-stalks glandular-hairy, sepals erect, enclosing the small white petals. Fruits bright red, small, but of good flavour.

Native of Central and W. China; discovered by Henry, and introduced in 1900 by Wilson. He stated that it is one of the finest of Chinese Rubi in regard to its fruits – panicles of which he had often found over 2 ft in length.

Rubus ichangensis

Reddish-brown new growth on Rubus ichangensis. Iturraran Botanical Garden, Spain. 06 July 2016. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus ichangensis

The very graphic foliage of Rubus ichangensis is composed of attractive alternate glaucous leaves. Garden of the photographer, Oisquercq, Belgium. 19 April 2017. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus ichangensis

Close up of the narrowly ovate-cordate leaf of Rubus ichangensis, which are reddish-brown tinted when young. Garden of the photographer, Oisquercq, Belgium. 15 March 2020. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus ichangensis

Close up on the white flowers of Rubus ichangensis. Garden of the photographer, Oisquercq, Belgium. 17 August 2022. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus ichangensis

Flowers of Rubus ichangensis are produced on elongated terminal panicles around July-August (Belgium). Garden of the photographer, Oisquercq, Belgium. 17 August 2022. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus ichangensis

Close up of the elongated terminal panicles and flowers of Rubus ichangensis. Garden of the photographer, Oisquercq, Belgium. 17 August 2022. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

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