Rubus gracilis
StarRubus gracilis
Synonyms: Rubus baenitzii, Rubus villicaulis var. marchicus, Rubus discolor var. villicaulis, Rubus villicaulis subsp. eurypetalus, Rubus pubescens var. villicaulis, Rubus villicaulis var. atrocaulis, Rubus villicaulis f. marchicus, Rubus villicaulis f. eurythyrsus, Rubus villicaulis f. eurypetalus, Rubus erubescens, Rubus atrocaulis, Rubus parvulus, Rubus villicaulis var. parvulus, Rubus gracilis f. sericeus, Rubus gracilis var. pluvialis, Rubus gracilis var. parvulus, Rubus gracilis f. parvulus, Rubus fruticosus subsp. villicaulis, Rubus villicaulis f. acutangulatus, Rubus cryptadenus var. villicaulis, Rubus discolor subsp. villicaulis, Rubus gracilis var. chiliacanthus, Rubus pilosissimus albopilosissimus, Rubus gracilis var. anoplos, Rubus pilosissimus, Rubus viridis var. atrocaulis, Rubus villicaulis f. tenellus, Rubus villicaulis f. stenosepalus, Rubus silvaticus var. villicaulis, Rubus pilosissimus canopilosissimus, Rubus vulgaris f. villicaulis, Rubus villicaulis
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Botanical Description
Rubus gracilis is a bramble of the Rosaceae belonging to the Rubus fruticosus aggregate, the European blackberry complex. Like others in the group it is a scrambling, woody perennial producing biennial canes that are arching to trailing, angled, and armed with stout, curved or straight prickles. The leaves are palmately compound with three to five toothed, ovate leaflets that are green above and often paler or felted beneath. The flowers, borne in terminal panicles, have five white to pale pink petals surrounding numerous stamens and carpels. The fruit is an aggregate of small, juicy drupelets that ripens from green through red to glossy black, edible and sweet when mature. As a microspecies within a taxonomically intricate apomictic aggregate, it occupies hedgerows, woodland margins, scrub, and disturbed ground in temperate Europe.
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