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

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'Rubus setchuenensis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rubus/rubus-setchuenensis/). Accessed 2025-01-17.

Genus

Synonyms

  • R. omeiensis Rolfe
  • R. clemens Focke

Glossary

calyx
(pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
stellate
Star-shaped.

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Credits

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

Recommended citation
'Rubus setchuenensis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rubus/rubus-setchuenensis/). Accessed 2025-01-17.

Rubus setchuenensis

The huge maple-like leaves of Rubus setchuenensis are stellate downy beneath. Garden of the photographer, Oisquercq, Belgium. 22 November 2022. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

A large straggling shrub, with round stems, unarmed, but furnished with small, stellate hairs. Leaves of maple-like form, five-, or obscurely seven-lobed, with a heart-shaped base, 3 to 7 in. long and as much wide, irregularly toothed, stellately downy beneath, less so above; stalk 2 to 3 in. long; stipules 1⁄2 to 3⁄4 in. long, cut up into deep, narrow segments. Panicles many-flowered, terminal; flowers 1⁄2 in. across, with downy stalks; calyx downy, the lobes pointed, triangular; petals purple. Fruits black, well-flavoured, ripening late.

Native of W. China; discovered by Prince Henri d’Orléans near Tatsien-lu in 1890, later found on Mt Omei by Wilson, who introduced it for Messrs Veitch, with whom it flowered in August 1908. It grows up to 6,000 ft elevation, and is perfectly hardy. It makes growths 10 or 12 ft long in a season. The stipules are rather remarkable.

Rubus setchuenensis

The remarkable stipules of Rubus setchuenensis are divided into deep narrow segments. The species is unarmed. Garden of the photographer, Oisquercq, Belgium. 07 August 2016. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus setchuenensis

White flower of Rubus setchuenensis is only attractive to insects. Garden of the photographer, Oisquercq, Belgium. 07 August 2016. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus setchuenensis

The many-flowered terminal panicles of Rubus setchuenensis are not showy, but attract many insects. Garden of the photographer, Oisquercq, Belgium. 02 September 2016. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus setchuenensis

The brown bark of Rubus setchuenensis. Garden of the photographer, Oisquercq, Belgium. 24 May 2020. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus setchuenensis

The huge maple-like leaves of Rubus setchuenensis can turn to deep yellow in autumn. Garden of the photographer, Oisquercq, Belgium. 22 November 2022. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus setchuenensis

Rubus setchuenensis was first discovered by Prince Henri d'Orléans near Tastien-Lu, west China, in 1890. Garden of the photographer, Oisquercq, Belgium. 22 November 2022. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

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