RASPBERRY

Rubus Idaeus

Rose Family [Rosaceae]  

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flower
flower8white
 		 morph
morph8actino
 		 petals
petalsZ5
 		 stem
stem8round
 		 stem
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spines

8th July 2010, East Lancs Rd, Worsley, Mcr. Photo: © RWD
Garden escape spreading beneath deciduous trees beside arterial road.


8th July 2010, East Lancs Rd, Worsley, Mcr. Photo: © RWD
Trefoil leaves.


8th July 2010, East Lancs Rd, Worsley, Mcr. Photo: © RWD
Leaves apple-green, pronouncedly crimped on the veins, with forward-pointing teeth. Stems almost bereft of spines.


8th July 2010, East Lancs Rd, Worsley, Mcr. Photo: © RWD
Flowers just turning to multi-lobed fruits.


8th July 2010, East Lancs Rd, Worsley, Mcr. Photo: © RWD
Fruits red, edible, comprising few spheres (druplets) , unlike Blackberry which have many more druplets. [Blackberry fruits are red at first, but soon turn black].


8th July 2010, East Lancs Rd, Worsley, Mcr. Photo: © RWD
Five light-coloured backwardly directed isosceles-triangular shaped sepals surrounded by a ring of now brown stamens and anthers. Any spines are weak, and few (top middle). Druplets coated in felt-like short fine hairs.

Not to be confused with : Creeping Raspwort [a plant of similar name belonging to the Water-Milfoil Family]

Some similarities to : Loganberry (Rubus loganbaccus) but Loganberry has fruits shaped like prolate spheroids rather than the hemi-spherical of Raspberry. More similar to Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius), but Wineberry has pink flowers rather than off-white and much longer sepals.

Uniquely identifiable characteristics

Distinguishing Feature : tastes of Raspberries!

Grows in woods, on scrub, on heaths and also as an escapee from allotments and gardens. When ripe, the fruits are easily picked off.

The fruit is eminently edible, or even delicious.

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Distribution
family8Rose family8Rosaceae
BSBI maps
genus8Rubus
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RASPBERRY

Rubus Idaeus

Rose Family [Rosaceae]