''Rubus vestitus'' is a European species of
brambles in the
rose family
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 ...
, called European blackberry
[ in the United States. It is native to Europe and naturalized along the northern Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada (]British Columbia
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, Washington
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, Oregon
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).[Altervista Flora Italiana, ''Rubus vestitus'' Weihe]
includes photo, drawings, European distribution map
''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.
''Rubus vestitus'' is one of the commonest 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''.[Edees & Newton, London. Brambles of the British Isles.(1988)]
References
External links
photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden
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Berries
Plants described in 1825
Flora of Europe
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