European blackberry
Rubus vestitus
Synonyms: Rubus lanatus, Rubus vestitus subsp. leucotrichus, Rubus dumetorum var. diversifolius, Rubus diversifolius, Rubus discolor var. vestitus, Rubus leucostachys var. vestitus, Rubus fruticosus var. vestitus, Rubus vestitus var. genuinus, Rubus vestitus var. diversifolius, Rubus vestitus subsp. perconspicuus, Rubus vestitus var. eglandulosus, Rubus fruticosus subsp. diversifolius, Rubus vestitus subsp. pervestitus, Rubus vestitus var. minutidens, Rubus vestitus f. parvifolius, Rubus radula var. vestitus, Rubus vestitus var. courtoisianus, Rubus vestitus var. magnificus, Rubus vestitus var. roseiflorus, Rubus vestitus var. grandifolius, Rubus vulgaris var. vestitus, Rubus vestitus f. pullus, Rubus glandulosus var. vestitus, Rubus vinetorum, Rubus debilitatus, Rubus leucanthemus, Rubus vestitus var. chloroscarythrus, Rubus vestitus subsp. leucanthemus, Rubus callosus var. vestitus, Rubus vestitus f. albiflorus, Rubus vestitus var. viridis, Rubus vulgaris f. vestitus, Rubus vestitus var. albiflorus, Rubus vestitus var. leucanthemus, Rubus vestitus f. umbrosa, Rubus vestitus f. leucanthemus, Rubus vestitus f. apricus, Rubus vestitus f. umbrosus, Rubus vestitus var. subeglandulosus, Rubus vestitus var. humifusus, Rubus vestitus subsp. teretiusculus, Rubus vestitus f. silvaticus, Rubus vestitus subsp. insidiosus, Rubus vestitus var. subcylindricus, Rubus hirsutus
Western Herbalism Properties
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Botanical Description
Rubus vestitus, the European hairy bramble, is a vigorous deciduous to semi-evergreen scrambling shrub in the Rosaceae native to woodland margins, hedgerows, scrub and waste ground across much of western and central Europe, and one of the more common microspecies in the polymorphic Rubus fruticosus aggregate. The biennial canes are robust, ridged or somewhat angled, 1 to 3 metres long, arching and rooting where they touch the ground, and are densely clothed with soft spreading reddish hairs together with numerous short straight or slightly curved prickles. The alternate palmately compound leaves usually bear five (sometimes three) broadly ovate leaflets 5 to 12 centimetres long with sharply serrate margins, dark green and softly pubescent above and felted white-tomentose beneath. White or rich pink five-petalled flowers about 2 to 3 centimetres across are borne in compact, hairy, prickly terminal panicles on second-year canes. The fruit is a roundish, glossy, blackberry-like aggregate of black drupelets 1 to 2 centimetres across, sweet and edible when fully ripe in late summer and autumn.
Cultural & Historical Context
Traditional American Uses
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Important Disclaimer
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