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The flowers are typically 5-merous with large, white petals and light green sepals, borne in mid-spring. [5] Second-year plants are also capable of growing the fruit which gives the plant's common name, the blackberry. The fruits are compound drupes which change from bright red to black at maturity.
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Rubus vestitus is a European species of brambles in the rose family, called European blackberry [2] in the United States. It is native to Europe and naturalized along the northern Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada (British Columbia, Washington, Oregon).
The blackberries, as well as various other Rubus species with mounding or rambling growth habits, are often called brambles. However, this name is not used for those like the raspberry that grow as upright canes, or for trailing or prostrate species, such as most dewberries, or various low-growing boreal, arctic, or alpine species.
Notably, the plant is armed with spines, prickles, or thorns. The dimensions of the leaf blade range from 110 to 220 mm in both length and width. Each leaf possesses a leaf stalk. The fruit, it is of a fleshy nature. The bark of the mature plant is thin and smooth, while the twigs exhibit a winter coloration in shades of brown or gray.
The berry is glossy and, as with many blackberries, appears black on the plant, but turns a deep, dark purple when frozen and thawed. [2] It is medium in size and tends to be conical, longer than it is wide. [2] The berry has a somewhat tart, earthy and sweet flavor. [2]
Attracts the monarch butterfly during spring and summer. Basil repels pests that attracts by the swan plant like aphids. Sweet pea: Lathyrus odoratus: Sweet alyssum, lobelia, roses, lavender, catmint [95] Brassica, spinach, silverbeet and salads: Bees, butterflies: Aphids: An annual climbing plant, which is like the edible pea. Makes a good ...
Rubus ursinus is a wide, mounding shrub or vine, growing to 0.61–1.52 metres (2–5 feet) high, and more than 1.8 m (6 ft) wide. [3] The prickly branches can take root if they touch soil, thus enabling the plant to spread vegetatively and form larger clonal colonies. The leaves usually have 3 leaflets but sometimes 5 or only 1, and are deciduous.