Irish wildflowers
The Burren, Co. Clare and Co. Waterford |
Dewberry Rubus caesius Eithreog Family: Rosaceae Flowering time: May-September. Perennial. Native. White flowers are followed by edible blue-black fruit with silvery-blue bloom and erect sepals. Leaves have three deep-toothed leaflets, lateral leaflets are stalk-less. Stems sprawling or creeping with slender prickles. Often occurs above limestone on stony or sandy ground, dunes and in hedges. Most frequent in the west, centre and south-east, scattered and decreasing elsewhere in Ireland Hybridises with Brambles, Rubus fruticosus agg. |
Dewberry, Rubus caesius, Eithreog
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