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Rubus
parvifolius is a small, deciduous, creeping shrub
inhabiting sunny sites in fields and mountains, with dense
vellus hairs and downward prickles on stems and branches. Leaves
are of alternate phyllotaxy, an 8-14cm-long pinnate compound
leaf; leaflets generally consist of one pair, and the terminal
lobes are in the shape of a diamond, obovate, tips round, and
with indented biserrate margins. Flowers are red-purple, borne
in leaf axils or at branch tops, and bloom facing upward; petals
5-7 mm long, obovate, and erect. The fruit is 1.5cm in diameter,
spherical, and matures to a deep red. Bloom time: May- June.
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