Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Stone Bramble, Rubus saxatilis, Sú na mban mín
Photographs: the Burren, Co. Clare

Stone Bramble
Rubus saxatilis
Sú na mban mín
Family: Rosaceae

Flowering May-July. Perennial. Native.

The small clusters of 2-3 white flowers with narrow upright petals and deflexed sepals are followed by edible red fruit with 2-5 large drupes. Leaves are ternate with toothed, oval leaflets and slightly hairy underneath. Growth dies back in winter and new stems are produced annually. The slender stems are creeping, prickly and unbranched

Decreasing but can still be locally frequent on stony or rocky ground, lake-shores and dunes in the west and north-west of Ireland

Stone Bramble, Rubus saxatilis, Sú na mban mín

Stone Bramble, Rubus saxatilis, Sú na mban mín
Stone Bramble, Rubus saxatilis, Sú na mban mín

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