Irish wildflowers
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork |
Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Family: Rosaceae Flowering: June-August. Semi-evergreen prostrate shrub. Introduced. White flowers are single or in terminal racemes but are frequently absent. The red fruit is edible but tasteless. Dark-green glossy leaves are obvate, either entire or with 3-5 shallow lobes, and white-hairy underneath. The creeping and arching shoots are covered in red-brown bristles and have rooting tips. Height to 60cm, spread several metres. A garden escape or discard. Frequently planted for ground cover and can be invasive on roadsides, wasteground and in hedges and woods |
Chinese Bramble, Rubus tricolor
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