Rubus fabrimontanus

Rubus fabrimontanus is a bramble in the family Rosaceae belonging to the Rubus fruticosus aggregate, the apomictic complex of European blackberries. It is a microspecies described from central Europe, where it grows in woodland margins, clearings, hedgerows and scrub. Like other members of the aggregate it forms long, arching biennial canes that are armed with prickles and root at the tips, building dense thickets. The leaves are palmately compound, typically with three to five toothed leaflets that are green above and paler, often hairy, beneath. The flowers are borne in terminal clusters and have five white to pale pink petals surrounding numerous stamens and carpels. The fruit is an aggregate of small drupelets ripening from red to glossy black, the familiar blackberry. As with the aggregate generally, fine taxonomic distinctions among microspecies rest on cane, leaf and inflorescence details.