Irish wildflowers
Photographs: Macroom, Co. Cork |
Raspberry Rubus idaeus Sú craobh Family: Rosaceae Flowering June-July. Perennial. Native. Panicles of small white flowers with erect, narrow petals are followed by edible red berries. The pinnate leaves have 3-7 leaflets and are green above, whitish below. Rounded stems with bristles and straight, slender prickles. Spreads both by seed and vegetatively and can form large clumps. Height 80-150 cm. Native but also a persistent relic of cultivation, garden escape or discard on riversides, scrub, waste ground and roadsides and in woodland |
Raspberry, Rubus idaeus, Sú craobh
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