Rubus vestitus is a European species of brambles in the rose family, called European blackberry[2] in the United States. It is native to Europe and naturalized along the northern Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada (British Columbia, Washington, Oregon).[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Rubus |
Species: | R. vestitus
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Binomial name | |
Rubus vestitus | |
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Rubus vestitus is a spiny shrub sometimes as much as 2 meters (80 inches) tall. Leaves are palmately compound with 3 or 5 leaflets, each leaflet wide, almost round, with a pointed tip and with teeth along the edges. Flowers are pink or magenta. Fruits are very dark, nearly black.[3]
Rubus vestitus is one of the most common species of bramble in the British Isles, found in most vice-counties, apart from the far North. Its preference for neutral to slightly alkaline soils places it among a minority of European Rubus.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b The Plant List, Rubus vestitus
- ^ a b Altervista Flora Italiana, Rubus vestitus Weihe includes photo, drawings, European distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Rubus vestitus Weihe & Nees 1825. European blackberry
- ^ Edees & Newton, London. Brambles of the British Isles.(1988)
External links
edit- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden
- Media related to Rubus vestitus at Wikimedia Commons