Rubus parcifrondifer

Botanical Description

Rubus parcifrondifer is a deciduous shrub, producing each year a cluster of prickly, erect to arching, biennial stems from a woody rootstock; the stems can be 200 - 300cm long[ 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, 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. It has been cultivated as a fruit crop in N. America, the cultivars 'Wilson Early' and 'Rathbun blackberry' are supposed to have been developed from this species[ 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. ].