Rubus baileyanus

Botanical Description

Rubus baileyanus is a deciduous shrub producing a cluster of prickly, biennial stems that are usually creeping but sometimes low-arching and then creeping[ 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 is sometimes used in blackberry breeding programmes.