Rubus aboriginum

Botanical Description

Rubus aboriginum is a deciduous shrub, producing each year a cluster of usually creeping, though sometimes low-arching and then creeping, prickly, biennial stems up to 300cm long, growing from a woody rootstock. The stems only produce leaves, and do not flower, in their first year of growth; producing erect, flowering branches in their second year and then dying after fruiting[ 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, It is sometimes cultivated for its fruit in Texas[ 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. ].