European dewberry

Rubus caesius

Family: Rosaceae Genus: Rubus Species: caesius

Synonyms: Rubus humilis, Rubus caesius f. mitissimus, Rubus caesius var. glandulosus, Selnorition cesius, Rubus caesius subvar. echinatus, Rubus caesius var. glandifer, Rubus caesius var. microdontus, Rubus caesius f. ratisbonensis, Rubus caesius f. armata, Rubus rivalis, Rubus caesius var. dolomiticus, Rubus caesius var. arvalis, Rubus caesius subsp. vrabelyanus, Rubus caesius subsp. transaltaicus, Rubus psilophyllus, Rubus caesius var. typicus, Rubus caesius f. macrocalyx, Rubus caesius f. pseudosaxatilis, Rubus caesius f. arvalis, Rubus caesius subsp. leucosepalus, Rubus caesius f. praecurrens, Rubus caesius var. semitomentosus, Rubus caesius Intermedia, Rubus mitissimus, Rubus caesius f. pietrosensis, Rubus caesius var. serpens, Rubus caesius var. umbrosus, Rubus caesius var. stellinus, Rubus caesius subsp. villosicaulis, Rubus caesius var. rubrohispidus, Rubus caesius var. mollis, Rubus caesius f. sterilis, Rubus caesius var. rivalis, Rubus caesius f. aquaticus, Rubus caesius var. mollifolius, Rubus caesius var. acheruntinus, Rubus caesius var. armatus, Rubus caesius f. glandulosus, Rubus sabulosus, Rubus caesius var. minor, Rubus caesius var. eglandulosus, Rubus caesius subsp. lajtnensis, Rubus caesius f. vulgaris, Rubus caesius turkestanicus, Rubus ligerinus, Rubus caesius var. pusilliformis, Rubus fruticosus var. caesius, Rubus caesius var. macrocalyx, Rubus antennifer, Rubus caesius var. fissus, Rubus caesius subsp. arvalis, Rubus caesius var. ligerinus, Rubus caesius var. sepium, Rubus caesius f. cinerascens, Rubus caesius var. pilosus, Rubus caesius subsp. acheruntinus, Rubus caesius var. denticulatus, Rubus caesius var. glabratus, Rubus caesius var. validulus, Rubus caesius var. spiculatus, Rubus caesius var. rugulosus, Rubus caesius var. palustris, Rubus caesius var. annotinus, Rubus caesius subsp. viretorum, Rubus hirtus, Rubus latebrosus, Rubus caesius var. psilophyllus, Rubus caesius var. dunensis, Rubus caesius var. grandiflorus, Rubus caesius var. denudatus, Rubus caesius f. mitis, Rubus caesius subsp. pusillus, Rubus caesius var. archetypus, Rubus caesius armatus, Rubus caesius subsp. subsericeus, Rubus caesius subvar. vulgaris, Rubus fruticosus subsp. caesius, Rubus caesius var. florerubro, Rubus caesius f. longepedicillatus, Rubus caesius var. agrestis, Rubus caesius var. pinnensis, Rubus caesius f. eucaesius, Rubus caesius var. microphyllus, Rubus caesius subsp. lamottei, Rubus caesius var. arvensis, Rubus caeruleus, Rubus caesius var. corymbosus, Rubus caesius var. aquaticus, Rubus caesius var. parvifolius, Rubus caesius var. vestitus, Rubus caesius var. stenobotrys, Rubus caesius roseus, Rubus caesius var. grandis, Rubus caesius var. mitissimus, Rubus caesius f. echinatus, Rubus caesius var. meridionalis, Rubus caesius var. arenarius, Rubus caesius subsp. raduloides, Rubus caesius subvar. armatus, Rubus caesius subsp. vollmannii, Rubus caesius var. tomentosifolius, Rubus caesius var. hirtus, Rubus polymorphus var. caesius, Rubus caesius var. waisbeckeri, Rubus caesius var. pseudointricatus, Rubus caesius f. genuinus, Rubus caesius var. polychaetes, Rubus caesius var. sciaphilus, Rubus caesius brutius, Rubus caesius subsp. perpannosus, Rubus fruticosus var. agrestis, Rubus caesius var. laciniatus, Rubus caesius subsp. agrestis, Rubus caesius subsp. curvispinus, Rubus caesius var. stachyoides, Rubus caesius var. rosiformis, Rubus caesius var. hispidissimus, Rubus caesius subsp. aquaticus

European dewberry (en)

Western Herbalism Properties

Actions:

astringenttonic

Gallery

Botanical Description

Rubus caesius, the European dewberry, is a low, trailing or weakly scrambling perennial of the rose family, with slender, rounded, often bluish-bloomed (pruinose) stems that are only weakly prickly with soft, slender thorns. The leaves are usually trifoliate, the leaflets broad, coarsely toothed, and softly hairy. The white (sometimes pale pink) five-petalled flowers are borne in small loose clusters. The fruit is an aggregate of relatively few, large drupelets covered with a conspicuous waxy blue-grey bloom, less coherent and more loosely attached than a blackberry. Native across Europe and temperate Asia, the dewberry grows in damp grassland, hedgerows, dune slacks, fen margins, and disturbed ground, often on calcareous or heavy soils, and its fruit is gathered like the related blackberries.

Native Region: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Cultural & Historical Context

Traditional American Uses

None Documented

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID

266567

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