Rubus ulmifolius
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rubus |
| Species: | R. ulmifolius |
| Binomial name | |
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Rubus ulmifolius is a species of blackberry native to western and southern Europe and northwestern Africa. It has also become widely naturalised elsewhere in Europe, and in northern India, the Americas, southern Africa, and Australasia.[2]
Description
[edit]Rubus ulmifolius is a bramble shrub that typically grows to 2–3 metres (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall, adapted to more open, sunny habitats than many other blackberries. It usually has numerous small prickles. The leaves are palmately compound with 3 or 5 leaflets, the leaflets green on the upper surface but greenish-white on the underside because of a dense layer of woolly hairs.[3][4]
The flowers are usually pink, sometimes white. The fruit is a compound drupe, ripening dark purple to almost black.[3]
Rubus ulmifolius is unique among subgenus Rubus in displaying normal sexual reproduction; all other species are facultative apomicts.[3][5]
The leaves resemble those of elms.
A spineless form, Rubus ulmifolius f. inermis (Wild.) Rehd., is the progenitor of a number of cultivars grown for fruit, which is more easily harvested than in natural spiny forms.[6]
Subspecies
[edit]Rubus sanctus is often considered to be a subspecies of R. ulmifolius.[citation needed]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Rubus ulmifolius is found in its native range across Western Europe, from the Netherlands south to Spain and Portugal, in Britain and Ireland, as well as northwest Africa. It is naturalised in the west in the Americas (as well as southern South America) and Australasia.[2][7]
In Britain and Ireland it is a plant of hedges and woodland edges on calcareous soils.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- 1 2 "Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
- 1 2 3 "Brambles of the British Isles - Rubus ulmifolius". www.jnecology.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
- ↑ Mehiou, Afaf; Alla, Chaimae; Akissi, Zachee L. E.; Lucau-Danila, Anca; Bouanani, Nourelhouda; Legssyer, Abdelkhaleq; Hilbert, Jean-Louis; Sahpaz, Sevser; Ziyyat, Abderrahim (2024). "Rubus ulmifolius Schott: A comprehensive review of its botany, traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological effects". Journal of Berry Research. 14 (4): 301–328. doi:10.1177/18785093241283261. ISSN 1878-5093. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
- 1 2 Edees, E.S., Newton, A. and Kent, D.H., 1988. Brambles of the British Isles. Ray Society.
- ↑ "Rubus ulmifolius". Trees and Shrubs Online. 2026-08-06. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
- ↑ Multiple sources:
- "Rubus ulmifolius". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk
- Altervista Flora Italiana, Rubus ulmifolius Schott includes photos and European distribution map
- "Rubus ulmifolius Calflora". www.calflora.org.
- Troncoso, N. S. 1987. Piperaceae, Polygonaceae (Coccoloba, Muehlenbeckia, Ruprechtia, Emex), Aizoaceae, Molluginaceae, Basellaceae, Berberidaceae, Annonaceae, Menispermaceae, Capparaceae, Rosaceae. 3: 2–6,. In A. E. Burkart (ed.) Flora Ilustrada de Entre Ríos (Argentina). Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires
- Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157
- "Atlas of Living Australia".
- Tela Botanica in French with photos
External links
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Media related to Rubus ulmifolius at Wikimedia Commons- Rubus ulmifolius in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
- "Jepson Manual, University of California".
- "Rubus ulmifolius". Plants for a Future.
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