Rubus scaber, Weihe & Nees

70. R. scaber Weihe & Nees View in CoL in Bluff & Fingerli., Comp. FI. Germ. 1: 683 (1825).

Stems weak, terete or obtusely angled, glaucescent, more or less hairy, with short glands and weak prickles; prickles at base of stem large, weak and straight, those on upper part of the stem often falcate, with a stout base. Leaves pedate; leaflets 3-5, small, plicate, rugose, slightly hairy above and beneath; terminal leaflet ovate-elliptical or obovate, acuminate, cordate to rounded at base, finely or deeply and rather evenly serrate. Inflorescence pyramidal, dense at the apex, sometimes large and pendent, with patent branches; axis flexuous, with weak, yellowish, falcate prickles, shortly hairy, with pale glands shorter than the diameter of the axis, but longer than the tomentum and sometimes mixed with much longer glands; flowers 1-2 cm in diameter. Sepals soon appressed to young fruit, or deflexed, triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, tomentose, finely glandular and aculeolate, green, with white margin; petals small, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, glabrous on the margin, erect, white or flesh-pink; stamens white, equalling or exceeding the greenish or reddish styles; receptacle hairy; carpels glabrous. 2« = 28. N. W. & C. Europe, extending to Bulgaria. Au Be Br Bu Cz Ga Ge Hb He Hu Po Rm.

Related species include:

R. curtiglandulosus Sudre, Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. (Le Mans) 12: 87 (1903). Au Be Br Cz Ga Ge He Hu.

R. fragariiflorus P. J. Mueller, Flora (Regensb.) 41: 173 (1858). Au Cz Ga Ge Hu.

R. miostilus Boulay, Ronces Vosg. 105 (1868) ( R. myostylus auct.). Au Ga Ge Hs Lu.

R. tereticaulis P. J. Mueller , Flora (Regensb.) 41: 173 (1858). Au Be Br Bu Cz Ga He Hu Rm.