Rubus bifrons

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Rubus bifrons
Flower
Berries
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species:
R. bifrons
Binomial name
Rubus bifrons
Vest 1821

Rubus bifrons is a European species of flowering plant in the rose family. It is widespread across much of Europe[1] and naturalized in scattered parts of North America.[2] It is sometimes considered to include the species R. armeniacus.[3]

Rubus bifrons is a spiny shrub up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. Stems are biennial, arching, sometimes creeping. Leaves are palmately compound with 3 or 5 leaflets. Flowers are white or pink, in large arrays at the ends of branches, sometimes containing as many as 100 flowers. Fruits are black.[3]

References

  1. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Rubus bifrons Tratt. photos, drawings, European distribution map
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. ^ a b "Rubus bifrons Vest, 1821. European or Himalayan blackberry", Flora of North America, 2014