Rubus divaricatus, P. J. Mueller

14. R. divaricatus P. J. Mueller View in CoL , Flora (Regensb.) 41: 130 (1858)

(R. nitidus Weihe & Nees, non Rafin.). Stems up to 100 cm, shining brown to violet, sparsely hairy or glabrous, suckering and also sometimes rooting at the apex, with numerous long, slender, straight prickles which are at first bright yellow. Leaflets 5, small, sparsely hairy above, pubescent beneath, often glabrous at maturity, with yellowish veins beneath; terminal leaflet ovate to obovate, shortly acuminate, subcordate or entire at base, unevenly serrate; petiole sulcate above, often with many hooked prickles. Inflorescence usually long and lax, broad, with 2- to 5-flowered branches, which are often branched near the base, often bearing numerous hooked prickles particularly near the base of the calyx. Sepals patent or slightly deflexed, green, with a white margin; petals hairy, white to deep pink; stamens white or pink, equalling or exceeding styles; carpels and receptacle glabrous. Fruit small, black. 2« = 21. Wet heaths and streamsides. W. & C. Europe, extending to Italy and Sweden. Au Be Br Cz Da Ga Ge He Ho Hu It Lu Po Rm Su.

Related species include:

R. contiguus (Gelert) Raunk., Dansk Ekskurs.-Fl. ed. 3, 167 (1914). Da.