Rubus vestitus facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Rubus vestitus |
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Rubus
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vestitus
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Synonymy
Rubus debilitatus A.Först.
Rubus diversifolius Lindl. Rubus fruticosus G.N.Jones Rubus hirsutus Weihe ex Steud. Rubus lanatus Focke Rubus leucanthemus P.J.Müll. Rubus vinetorum Holandre |
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Rubus vestitus is a European species of brambles in the rose family, 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, Washington, Oregon).
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 Rubi.
