Scientific Name:
Rubus laciniatus
Pronunciation:
ROO-bus luh-sin-ee-AY-tus
Common Name:
cutleaf evergreen blackberry
Family Name:
Rosaceae
Plant Type:
Invasive plant, Vine or climber
Key ID Features:
Invasive evergreen vine with long, spreading, or trailing shoots (brambles); leaves prickly, alternate, palmately compound, 3-5 leaflets which are usually subdivided into 3 dissected pinnae, margin spinose, pubescent underside.
Habit:
Arching, Spreading
Form:
Creeping / Mat-like, Irregular
Texture:
Medium
Mature Height:
1.3 - 2.0m
Mature Spread:
3 - 4m
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
Europe
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Landscape Uses:
Attract birds, Security/barrier
Additional Info:
Google. Compare to the native trailing blackberry, R. ursinus.
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Compound
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Compound Leaf:
Odd-pinnate
Shapes:
Ovate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Sagittate
Margins:
Lacerate, Spinose
Inflorescence Type:
Floriferous
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Rotate/stellate
Colour (petals):
Showy, White
Flower Time at Peak:
Jun, Jul
Additional Info:
Many simple pistils
Fruit Type:
Aggregate fruit, Drupe, Edible
Fruit Colour:
Black
Fruiting Time:
Jul, Aug
Additional Info:
Edible
Bark or Stem Colour:
Organ Modifications:
Prickles, Runners (or stolons), Brambles
Propagation:
Seed, Layering
Pest Susceptibility:
Root rot, Rust (Pest resistant)
