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