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Rubus caesius

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Dewberry
• European Dewberry
• Ou zhou mu mei (Pinyin)
• Dowbraam (Dutch)
• Korbaer (Danish)
• Kratzbeere (German)
• Taubeere (German)
• Bocksbeere (German)
• Ronce Bleauâttre (French)
• Novobluastro (Italian)
• Jezyna Popielica (Polish) Eževika Sizaja (Russian)
• Eževika Ozina (Russian)

Geographical Habitats

• Europe
• SW Asia
• Russia
• Iran
• N America
• Xinjiang-China

Natural Habitats

• Montane forest
• riversides
• grassland
• scrubland
• field margins
• hedgerows

Flowering Times

• Jun-Jul (China) Jun-Sep (GB)

Fruiting Times

• Aug (China)

Prickly deciduous scandent, procumbent or erect shrub with terminal or axillary corymbs or panicles of white or pinkish 30mm flowers, sweet fruit, blue-black glabrous aggregate to 10mm diameter, few-flowered inflorescence, recurved prickles, doubly serrated leaflets downy beneath

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Krussmann 1976
• FOC
• FONZ
• FOBI
• APDC
• Mansfeld
• Botanicus