Rubus invisus

Botanical Description

Rubus invisus is a deciduous shrub, producing each year a cluster of prickly, biennial stems from a woody rootstock; the stems are usually creeping, sometimes low-arching and then creeping, they can be up to 300cm long[ 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 stems only produce leaves, and do not flower, in their first year of growth, producing usually erect flowering branches in their second year and then dying after fruiting The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.