Rosaceae FAMILY
Rubus lentiginosus
Rubus lentiginosus
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Rubus lentiginosus is a deciduous shrub, producing each year a cluster of arching to prostrate, prickly, biennial stems from a woody rootstock. 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 can form large thickets of growth in the wild. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeWestern Europe - Britain
HabitatHeaths[ 150 Title Handbook of the Rubi of Great Britain and Ireland. Publication Author Watson. W. C. R. Publisher Year ISBN Description There are hundreds of slightly differing species of the common blackberry growing in Britain. This is a book for the dedicated. ]. Rough, rocky and bushy ground.