Rubus bifrons, the European blackberry or Himalayan blackberry,[ is a European species of flowering plant in the Rosaceae. It is widespread across much of Europe][ Altervista Flora Italiana, Rubus bifrons Tratt. photos, drawings, European distribution map] and naturalized in scattered parts of North America.[ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map] It is sometimes considered to include the species Rubus armeniacus.[
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Rubus bifrons is a spiny shrub up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. Stems are biennial, arching, sometimes creeping. Leaves are palmately compound with three or five leaflets. Flowers are white or pink, in large arrays at the ends of branches, sometimes containing as many as 100 flowers. Fruits are black.
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