Rosaceae FAMILY

Rubus saxatilis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Rubus saxatilis is a deciduous plant with creeping, weakly armed stems that can become more or less woody and persist, at least at their base; it can grow up to 40cm tall[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope, including Britain, from Iceland south and east to the Pyrenees and temperate Asia to Japan.

HabitatStony woods and by shady rocks, especially on basic rocks[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Birch scrub, talus slopes at elevations up to 1,300 metres in Greenland[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. Forests (usually shady), shrubby formations, bluffs, stony mountain slopes, bogs[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].