Rose Family [Rosaceae] |
Flowers: |
Berries: (edible) |
status
flower
inner
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petals
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dioecious
1st June 2009, Torside Castle, Bleaklow, Derbys. | Photo: © RWD |
Carpets the moist ground with largish mallow-like leaves. |
1st June 2009, Torside Castle, Bleaklow, Derbys. | Photo: © RWD |
Very shy flowerer. It is a dioecious plant, with separate plants bearing male or female flowers. With stamens this is a male plant. |
1st June 2009, Torside Castle, Bleaklow, Derbys. | Photo: © RWD |
Being a member of the Rose Family, has five white petals. Sepals pointed. A male plant with numerous yellow anthers. |
1st June 2009, Torside Castle, Bleaklow, Derbys. | Photo: © RWD |
A female plant with numerous stigmas. Most flowers are not as perfect as this one with 5 un-bespoiled petals. |
1st June 2009, Torside Castle, Bleaklow, Derbys. | Photo: © RWD |
Some specimens have only four petals. |
21st May 2008, Bleaklow Hill, Dark Peak District. | Photo: © RWD |
Whilst others once had five, but some have dropped off |
1st June 2009, Torside Castle, Bleaklow, Derbys. | Photo: © RWD |
All petals have dropped off leaving just the now red sepals. |
21st May 2008, Bleaklow Hill, Dark Peak District. | Photo: © RWD |
Two petals missing. |
16th June 2009, Alphin Pike, Stalybridge, Gtr Mcr.. | Photo: © RWD |
Turning to fruit. |
16th June 2009, Alphin Pike, Stalybridge, Gtr Mcr.. | Photo: © RWD |
The as-yet un-fused red berries within the curled-up sepals. |
6th July 2013, Bleaklow, Glossop. | Photo: © RWD |
Berry bursting out from within its sepals, several remnant stigmas on display, presumably one for each ovary. |
August 2004, Margery Hill, Near Bleaklow, Pennines. | Photo: © RWD |
Berries fused, unusually turning from red (unripe) to orangish (ripe). |
August 2004, Margery Hill, Near Bleaklow, Pennines. | Photo: © RWD |
The berries are edible. |
21st May 2008, Bleaklow Hill, Dark Peak District. | Photo: © RWD |
The shiny, toothed leaves have five rounded lobes and are very crinkled. Look similar to Mallow leaves. |
6th July 2013, Bleaklow, Glossop. | Photo: © RWD |
The teeth of the leaves are red-tipped with Hydathodes, which eliminate excess water. |
Cloudberry is closely related to the Cloudberry is a very shy flowerer. The berries change from red to pale orange, and are edible. They have an unusual fused appearance rather reminiscent of a mass of conjoined soap bubbles. Cloudberry is a dioecious plant with male and female flowers on separate plants.
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Rose Family [Rosaceae] |