Rubus crataegifolius is
a deciduous shrub in sunny forest edges or wastelands in mountainous
regions, growing to 1-2m in height, with flat, fat, straight
prickles on stems and branches. Leaves are alternate, blades
measuring 6-10cm in length, in the shape of a broad ovate, palmately
cleft in 3-5; tips of the segments pointed, bases heart-shaped, and
margins are coarsely double-serrated. Flowers, 1-1.5cm in diameter,
boom 2-6 gathering together, and petals narrow, having gaps between
them. Sepals are narrowly ovate, with dense vellus hairs on them,
and the sepals bend backward. Peduncles are also with thick vellum
coats. In July-August, multiple fruits, spheric, approximately 1 cm
across, ripen red. Bloom time: May-July. |