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Rosa rubus

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

H. Léveillé & Vaniot

Common Names

• Blackberry Rose
• Xuan gou zi qiang wei (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Fujian
• Gansu
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hubei
• Jiangxi
• Shaanxi
• Shanxi
• Sichuan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China

Natural Habitats

• Rocky hillsides
• scrubland
• roadsides
• montane woodland
• grassland
• riversides
• disturbed areas

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Sep (China)

Prickly, scandent or creeping deciduous shrub or vine, leaflets puberulent beneath, panicles to 35 flowers fragrant 30mm diameter white flowers in many-flowered corymbs, fruit a red to brown hip to 10mm diameter, hooked prickles

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• P & R 1997
• FOC
• Chudian 2001
• The Plant List 2
• JAA