Rubus vestitus is a European species of bramble, called European blackberryAltervista Flora Italiana, Rubus vestitus Weihe includes photo, drawings, European distribution map in the United States.
Description It forms a spiny shrub sometimes as much as tall. The leaves are palmately compound with 3 or 5 leaflets, each leaflet wide, almost round, with a pointed tip and teeth along the edges. The flowers are pink or magenta. The fruits are very dark, nearly black.Flora of North America, Rubus vestitus Weihe & Nees 1825. European blackberry
Distribution and habitat The species is native to Europe and is naturalized along the northern Pacific coast of Canada and the United States (British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon). It is one of the most common 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 species.Edees & Newton, London. Brambles of the British Isles.(1988)
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