Chinese Bramble - Rubus tricolor
A prostrate evergreen shrub with red-bristly shoots bearing glossy, shallowly lobed leaves, whitish beneath, and white flowers, followed by edible red fruit.
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Occasionally planted and establishes well.
Flowers in summer.
Evergreen shrub.
Occasionally established in England and Wales.
Uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.
Graham Calow
Huncote Road, Narborough
31 August 2017
Graham Calow
Whetstone Golf Course
08 July 2016
Graham Calow
Whetstone Golf Course
08 July 2016
Craig Mabbett
Swinford Road, Lutterworth
04 March 2017
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Species profile
- Common names
- Chinese Bramble
- Species group:
- Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Rosales
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 08/07/2016 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 12/08/2020 (Bell, Melinda)
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Graham Calow
Whetstone Golf Course
08 July 2016
Graham Calow
Whetstone Golf Course
08 July 2016
Craig Mabbett
Swinford Road Lutterworth
04 March 2017
Graham Calow
Huncote Road, Narborough
31 August 2017
