Rubus rosaceus, Weihe & Nees

66. R. rosaceus Weihe & Nees View in CoL in Bluff & Fingerh., Comp. FI. Germ. 1: 685 (1825).

Stems deep purple, obtusely angled, sulcate, glabrous or hairy, with numerous short glands and acides; prickles unequal, short, patent, straight, some very small. Leaflets 3-5, deep green, glabrous or glabrescent above, pubescent beneath; terminal leaflet large, ovate or suborbicular, 3-4 times as long as its petiolule, acuminate, cordate, margins incise-serrate. Inflorescence pyramidal, many-flowered, often pendent, racemose at the apex; axis hairy, with numerous long, purple glands, some longer than the diameter of the axis, and unequal, short, straight or falcate prickles; pedicels and middle and lower branches all more or less patent; pedicels short; flowers usually less than 2 cm in diameter. Sepals becoming appressed to fruit, tomentose, green, glandular, appendiculate; petals 5—7(—11), suborbicularovate or obovate, pink; stamens usually pink, exceeding the mostly red styles; receptacle slightly hairy; carpels glabrous or pubescent. 2n = 28. N. W. & C. Europe. Au Be Br Cz Ga Ge He Ho Hu.