Rubus praecox

Botanical Description

Rubus praecox is a vigorous, deciduous shrub producing each year a cluster of erect to arching, prickly stems from a woody rootstock; the stems can be several metres long, occasionally to 10 metres. Although it is a blackberry (usually with biennial stems), the stems of this species are often perennial and can fruit for more than one year[ 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.