Rubus vestitus

{{Short description|Berry and plant}}

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|image = Rubus vestitus - Botanischer Garten, Frankfurt am Main - DSC02477.JPG

|genus = Rubus

|species = vestitus

|authority = Weihe & Nees 1825 not Hegetschw. 1839 nor Wirtg. 1856 nor Holuby ex Focke 1877[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Rubus+vestitus The Plant List, Rubus vestitus ]

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|Rubus debilitatus A.Först.

|Rubus diversifolius Lindl.

|Rubus fruticosus G.N.Jones

|Rubus hirsutus Weihe ex Steud.

|Rubus lanatus Focke

|Rubus leucanthemus P.J.Müll.

|Rubus vinetorum Holandre

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Rubus vestitus is a European species of brambles in the rose family, 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).[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=rubus+vestitus 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.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250100449 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)