Rubus loganobaccus

Botanical Description

Rubus loganobaccus is a deciduous shrub producing each year a cluster of vigorous, prickly, deciduous stems from a woody rootstock; the stems can be 250cm or more long, with some specimens scrambling up to 5 metres into supporting vegetation[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. ]. The stems only produce leaves, and do not flower, in their first year of growth, forming flowering branches in their second year and then dying after fruiting. The plant is often cultivated, especially on a garden scale, for its edible fruit.