Rubus pyramidalis is a species of bramble, a flowering plant in the rose family, native to northwest Europe.
Description R. pyramidalis is a low arching shrub, with a dark red, variously hairy, unfurrowed stem. The stem bears numerous prickles which are long, with a yellow tip. The leaves are divided into five light green, hairy leaflets, with all of these leaflets arising from the same point (palmately compound). The terminal leaflet has an acuminate apex. The flowers are pink, and the individual petals do not overlap.Edees, E.S., Newton, A. and Kent, D.H., 1988. Brambles of the British Isles. Ray Society.
Distribution and habitat It is found in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Luxembourg,Helminger, T., 2009. Checklist of the brambles (Rubus L. subgenus Rubus, Rosaceae) of Luxembourg. Bull. Soc. Nat. luxemb, 110, p.53. the Netherlands,Haveman, R., De Ronde, I., Bijlsma, R.J. and Schaminée, J., 2014. Systematic randomised sampling along three landscape transects in the Netherlands reveals the geographically structured variation in Rubus scrubs. Phytocoenologia, 44(1-2), pp.31-62. Poland, and Sweden. Matzke-Hajek, G.U.N.T.E.R., 2001. Revision and typification of brambles (Rubus L., Rosaceae) described by PJ Muller from the Weissenburg region and the Palatinate (France and Germany). Candollea, 56(1), pp.171-195. It is introduced in New South Wales, Australia.
In the British Isles, R. pyramidalis is a plant of hedgerows, woodland margins and heathland. It has a broad distribution in most of England and Wales, except northeast England, while it is confined to the western half of Scotland. In Ireland, R. pyramidalis is scattered, but with a concentration of records in counties Galway and Mayo.Newton, A. and Randall, R.D., 2004. Atlas of British and Irish brambles. London: Botanical Society of the British Isles.
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