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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rubus bifrons   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus bifrons   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Rubus armeniacus

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Rubus bifrons

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Rubus bifrons

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-005:

Rubus bifrons   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Rubus procerus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rubus linkianus

 

COMMON NAME:
European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry


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image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm110505_225

May    Greenville County    SC

Parking lot

Petals pale pink to red, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm110505_229

May    Greenville County    SC

Parking lot

Branches and pedicels of floricanes armed w strong flattened prickles, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm110505_236

May    Greenville County    SC

Parking lot

Canes very coarse, scrambling, often 2-3m long, heavily armed, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm110505_237

May    Greenville County    SC

Parking lot

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm110509_306

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm110509_309

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm110509_312

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Lateral leaflets smaller than terminal leaflet & on shorter petiolules, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm110509_314

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm110521_578

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Inflorescence cymose-paniculate, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm110521_583

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm140521_057

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm140521_087

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm180515_2274

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Roadside

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm100607_010

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Prickles nearly straight, stems glabrescent, leaves grayish-tomentose beneath, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm120609_841b

June    Greenville County    SC

Sepals elliptic-lanceolate, 6-8mm long, acute to aristate, tomentose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm140624_277

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Aggregate of drupelets to 2cm long, 1.5cm broad, juicy, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm140624_278

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_r_bifrons_himalay

June        

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm131228_514

December    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm131228_515

December    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Rubus bifrons, European Blackberry, Himalayan Blackberry, Himalaya-berry

JK Marlow    jkm131228_521

December    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rubus bifrons   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rubus bifrons   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rubus armeniacus

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rubus bifrons

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Rubus bifrons

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-05-005:
Rubus bifrons   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Rubus procerus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rubus linkianus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2599

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, thickets, old fields, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA) (rare in NC Mountains)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems armed, coarse, scrambling, to 3m long; prickles strong wide-based straight

LEAVES:
Compound: floricanes 3 leaflets/ primocanes 5 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pale pink to red
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Bisexual

Inflorescence cymose-paniculate

FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Aggregate of drupelets

 

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