Rubus rosa

Botanical Description

Rubus rosa is a deciduous shrub producing each year a cluster of erect to arching, prickly, biennial stems from a woody rootstock; it can grow 100 - 300cm 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 stems only produce leaves in their first year, forming flower and leaf-bearing branches in their second year of growth and dying after flowering. The plant is often harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It has often been cultivated as a fruit crop, and is the parent of several blackberry cultivars[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].