''Rubus adenophorus'' is a species of deciduous shrub in the genus ''
Rubus
''Rubus'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, with over 1,350 species.
Raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries are common, widely distributed members of the genus. Most of these ...
'' in the family
Rosaceae
Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera.
The name is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. Among the most species-rich genera are ''Alchemilla'' (270), ''Sorbus ...
native to
China
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, where it was discovered in 1907.
It is distinctive for its black-headed glands mixed with bristles on the stems.
[Chittenden, Fred J., Synge, Patrick M., editors. 1977. “The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening”, edn. 2, Oxford University Press. . Volume 4, pp. 1834]
Description
*Height and spread: Reaches to 2.4m or more in height.
*Stems: Arching stems are biennial and are densely clothed with bristles and stalked glands.
*Leaves: 'Virgin' (first-year) shoots are mostly
pinnate with five leaflets, which range from 5–13 cm in length, while on fertile shoots leaflets are in threes or smaller. Leaves are
ovate
Ovate may refer to:
*Ovate (egg-shaped) leaves, tepals, or other botanical parts
*Ovate, a type of prehistoric stone hand axe
*Ovates, one of three ranks of membership in the Welsh Gorsedd
*Vates
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to
obovate, tapered to
chordate at the base, dull-coloured and hairy both above and beneath.
*Flowers: Small, pink flowers are borne in cylindrical
panicles
A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are o ...
10–13 cm in length. Flowers in July.
*Fruit: Edible, black, sweet, conical fruit to about 1.3 cm in length.
Etymology
''Rubus'' is the ancient
Latin name meaning 'brambles' or 'bramble-like',
[Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 36, 315] while ''adenophorus'' is derived from the
Greek for 'gland-bearing' (ἀδήν ''adēn'', ‘gland’; φέρω ''pherō'', ‘I bear’).
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adenophorus
''Adenophorus'' is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is endemic to Hawaii.Ranker, T. A. (1992). ''Adenophorus'' x ...
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