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Stone Bramble

Stone Bramble

Rubus saxatilis

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How common: Very common

Stone Bramble is a low woodland bramble that spreads by long runners and sends up short, prickly stems. In early summer it has small white flowers, followed by bright red berries made of only a few shiny lumps. It is native across much of Europe and northern Asia.

Did you know?

  • Its creeping runners can grow several metres in a single summer.
  • It can form a natural hybrid with Arctic bramble (Rubus × castoreus), which is fairly common.

About the species

Identification

Low, spreading bramble, 10–35 cm tall. It creeps by long surface runners that root at the joints and send up new leafy shoots. Upright stems are rough with a few fine prickles; leaf stalks can be prickly too. Leaves have three toothed leaflets. The small white flowers (3–15 together) have narrow petals that are barely longer than the green star behind them. Fruits are bright red cluster-berries with only 1–6 big shiny bumps. Unlike raspberry, the berry usually has just a few segments. Flowers in June in Finland.

Plant group

Herbaceous plants

Habitat

heath forest

Flowering

Jun

About the habitat

Grows in light to moderately shaded woods, on rocky and sandy slopes, along forest edges, and in meadows and roadsides. Common throughout the country.

Sources

Photo: Zinnmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20230724 Rubus saxatilis - 5456.jpg

Text: Pinkka: BIO-503 Suomen kasvisto ja kasvillisuus - Tunturit: tunturikoivikot, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.38802

Text: Pinkka: BIO-503 Suomen kasvisto ja kasvillisuus - Itämeri: rantapensaikot, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.38802

Text: Wikipedia (Finnish), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillukka

See also