| Rubus palmatus,
a deciduous shrub inhabiting sunny forest edges, grows to
approximately 2m in height, without hairs but with straight prickles
on stems and branches. Leaves are in an alternate arrangement, and
blades are in the shape of a long ovate; some are cleft in 3-5, some
not, and the central leaflets are significantly longer than the
others and tips pointed, and margins double serrated. Flowers bloom
facing downward; petals, 5 in number, are oblong or long oblong.
Fruit, 1-1.5cm across, spherical, matures in orange-yellow. Bloom
time: April. |
Wild plants in and around Shimane
島根とその周辺の野生植物
