Rosaceae FAMILY
Rubus nemorosus
Rubus nemorosus
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Rubus nemorosus is a deciduous shrub producing a cluster of prickly, low-arching and creeping, biennial stems from a woody rootstock; it can grow up to 100cm tall. 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope - Britain to France, east to Poland
HabitatHedgerows and scrub, usually on basic soils[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].