Rubus vestitus is a European species of Rubus in the Rosaceae, called European blackberry[ in the United States. It is native to Europe and naturalized along the northern Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada (British Columbia, Washington, Oregon).][ Altervista Flora Italiana, Rubus vestitus Weihe includes photo, drawings, European distribution map]
Rubus vestitus is a spiny shrub sometimes as much as 2 meters (80 inches) tall. Leaves are palmately compound with 3 or 5 leaflets, each leaflet wide, almost round, with a pointed tip and with teeth along the edges. Flowers are pink or magenta. Fruits are very dark, nearly black.[ Flora of North America, Rubus vestitus Weihe & Nees 1825. European blackberry ]
Rubus vestitus is one of the most common species of bramble in the British Isles, found in most vice-counties, apart from the far North. Its preference for neutral to slightly alkaline soils places it among a minority of European Rubus.[Edees & Newton, London. Brambles of the British Isles.(1988)]
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